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At the official release on Sunday, Sept. 21 in Boston of the ground-breaking documentary “Hineini: Coming Out in a Jewish High School” on DVD, and a companion curriculum, some 75 local rabbis, educators, and supporters gathered to see film star Shulamit Izen, director Irena Fayngold, and take in a performance by local folk-pop artist Catie Curtis.
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In 2005 the film Hineini, a documentary about a student at a Boston Jewish day school trying to start a gay/straight alliance (GSA), helped jumpstart a debate on LGBT inclusion in Jewish schools and communities. The film, a collaboration between the Boston-based LGBT Jewish advocacy group Keshet and filmmaker Irena Fayngold, became a powerful teaching tool for Keshet, which has sponsored screenings at schools and synagogues across the country.
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Unwittingly, these educators and leaders may be excluding gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) Jews from the conversation, the curriculum, and even the institution. Questions and comments like these can make GLBT Jews uncomfortable, and they may see them as disrespectful and upsetting.
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