Shekinah Rising, the sequel to Shekinah: The Intimate Life of Hasidic Women, is a Canadian documentary produced in 2013, which explores the lives and attitudes of young Hasidic women at a Chabad-run seminary in Ste Agathe, Quebec.[2][3] The documentary covers the perspectives of the female students, as well as religious views of former students in Hasidic communities in London, Belgium and France . The film' was directed by Abbey Neidik and produced by Abbey Neidik and Irene Angelico of DLI Productions,[4][1][5] and Ina Fichman of Intuitive Pictures.

Shekinah Rising
Film poster
Directed byAbbey Neidik
Produced byAbbey Neidik
Irene Angelico
Ina Fichman
Release date
  • October 24, 2013 (2013-10-24)[1]
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

The filming of the documentary took four years to complete.[6] The film is described as an attempt to demonstrate how Hasidic women are not treated as "second-class citizens" in their community, and features Hasidic women pointing to customs that they would not agree to adhere to.[7] One scene in the first Shekinah film captures the persistence of anti-Semitism in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts and the Hasidic effort to respond with outreach efforts.[6] One of the main characters in both films is Rebbetzin Chanie Carlebach, mother of twelve and the director of the Chabad seminary in Ste-Agathe.[8]: 43 

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  1. ^ a b "New film Shekinah provides unprecedented access to the world of young Hasidic women". TheSuburban.com. October 11, 2013. Archived from the original on December 20, 2013. Retrieved January 13, 2015.
  2. ^ https://www.cbc.ca/documentarychannel/m_docs/shekinah-rising [dead link]
  3. ^ Cole, Susan G. (May 15, 2014). "Shekinah: The Intimate Life Of Hasidic Women". NOW Magazine.
  4. ^ Taylor, Kate (16 May 2014). "Secrets and lives of Hasidic women". The Globe and Mail.
  5. ^ Arnold, Janice (October 20, 2013). "Film presents chassidic women's attitudes to intimacy". The Canadian Jewish News. Retrieved January 13, 2015.
  6. ^ a b Ghert-Z, Renee. "New documentary opens a hermetically closed world". www.timesofisrael.com.
  7. ^ "Shekinah: The Intimate Life of Hasidic Women Review". May 16, 2014.
  8. ^ Skinazi, K. (2018). Women of Valor: Orthodox Jewish Troll Fighters, Crime Writers, and Rock Stars in Contemporary Literature and Culture, Rutgers University Press.
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