Set among a congregation of observant Jews in a quiet neighborhood in the Old City, “The Women’s Balcony” begins with a bar mitzvah and ends with a wedding. But there’s plenty of tsuris (trouble) between the celebrations, triggered by a structural collapse just before the haftorah that shutters the… Read more »
‘Balcony’ film avows a woman’s place is in the shul
A scene from 'The Women's Balcony' (Menemsha Films)
