Hasidic Jew

Director: Joshua Z Weinstein Stars: Menashe Lustig, Yoel Falkowitz, Ruben Niborski In Brooklyn’s Borough Park, the tight-knit orthodox Jewish community live amongst but quite separately from the wider world. Widower Menashe – finely played by newcomer Lustig - has little desire to remarry and wants to raise his ten-year-old son alone, who Hasidic strictures insist … Continue reading "MENASHE (U) – 2017 USA 82 min – subtitled"

Director: Joshua Z Weinstein Stars: Menashe Lustig, Yoel Falkowitz, Ruben Niborski In Brooklyn’s Borough Park, the tight-knit orthodox Jewish community live amongst but quite separately from the wider world. Widower Menashe – finely played by newcomer Lustig - has little desire to remarry and wants to raise his ten-year-old son alone, who Hasidic strictures insist … Continue reading "MENASHE (U) – 2017 USA 82 min – subtitled – Holocaust Memorial Day screening"