hasidism

Devorah, a young Hasidic Jewish woman with a strict upbringing, and Jaxon, a fun-loving, book-smart nerd, who live across the street from one another in Brooklyn and have never met are trapped together in an elevator during a hurricane and make a connection. Even though their relationship is forbidden, they continue to meet.

Living in a Brooklyn Hasidic community in the early 1990s, Chanie Altman anticipates marriage as soon as she graduates from seminary, a path challenged by her dream of becoming an opera singer, a taboo friendship, and the Crown Heights riots.

Offers a behind-the-scenes look at a small Brooklyn-based group of Hasidism and the extraordinary lengths to which they take their mission of outreach.

Story of a devout Hassid and his family, including three daughters who are becoming worried that there father will never find matches for them even though the age for marriage is already passing by them.

Traces the history of Kabbalah through the lives of its illustrious scholars and practitioners, and unravels the web of ancient traditions hidden in texts such as the Sefer Yetzirah and the Zohar.