Jewish Women's Theatre

The documentary film on LA women rabbis entitled, On the Fringe, wraps up filming this year with more than 18 rabbis interviewed for the project.  Work continues in January and February to follow a handful of the rabbis as they journey through their own spiritual quest, speak at Los Angeles interfaith events, grapple with family struggles and much much more!

The documentary film about women in the rabbinate in Los Angeles is now called On the Fringe.  Fifteen rabbis have participated in the film thus far.

Over the last two weeks, we’ve filmed a handful of women rabbis in Los Angeles. Listening to their unique stories has been an honor and a privilege.

While studying Torah one day last spring, sprung whole the idea to write a play about women rabbis.  We were discussing the Passover story and how women contributed to the Exodus.  And though very little was recorded about the women of that time, that didn’t stop us from speculating what impact they might have had on the events or from reinterpreting the text.  These mostly unknown women of Egypt, whose stories are undocumented, came the notion that we must document the stories of our first, second and now third generation female rabbis. And that’s what we are doing.