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Dec 2005 14

Coming out in high school: Film aims to help give voice to religious gay students

When Shula Izen plaintively wondered if it’s possible to be Jewish and gay and remain holy in the film Hineini: Coming Out in a Jewish High School, the moment rang true for many attending the sold-out Sunday afternoon screening at the Washington Jewish Film Festival at the Washington DC Jewish Community Center.

View the original at Washington Jewish Week
Coming out in high school: Film aims to help give voice to religious gay students
Dec 2005 13

Hineini: Coming Out In A Jewish High School

An engaging portrait of a pioneering teen activist at The New Jewish High School of Boston -- dubbed “New Jew” by students and faculty -- “Hineini: Coming Out in a Jewish High School” examines the implications of affirming one’s gay orientation despite the Torah’s provision that “Homosexuality is an abomination before the Law.”

View the original at Variety
Hineini: Coming Out In A Jewish High School