ABOUT THE PRODUCERS: Oren Rudavsky

"I’m the kind of Jew many Hasidim barely consider Jewish. I’m not observant. I’m totally engaged by American culture and immerse myself in it. And even though I come from a strongly Jewish home, my father is a Reform Rabbi, something Hasidim certainly don’t recognize or respect. And yet, I have been making films about Jewish subjects for more than a decade, out of a deep desire to understand the Jewish experience, and my own experience:

My mother is an immigrant from Poland who arrived in 1939, and I found out several years ago that her father was a Ger Hasid. However, when he arrived, there were barely any hasidim in America. The family grew up in Brooklyn, yet unlike my co-producer’s family, my mother moved in the direction of less observant Jewish Zionists and although my grandfather remained Orthodox, his only daughter left the fold.

Perhaps by making this film, I can better comprehend the choices made by my parents and grandparents, and discover what was sacrificed and what was gained.