Movie Details
Movie Budget:$315,000
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Bunbury Films
Leaving the Fold on the Web:Official Website
Leaving the Fold
"What happens when a person is born a Hasidic Jew, but knows that they don’t belong?"Movie
Audience Score
DirectorEric Scott
WriterEric Scott
Watch on Chai Flicks52 minDocumentary
Plot
Finding the courage to leave the fold is only the beginning for most of these young people. Those who have decided to take this step become pariahs, often completely cut off from the emotional and financial support of their families. To make matters worse, judged by our secular standards, they have no marketable skills. Many only speak Yiddish— or some Hebrew that is stilted and archaic because it is restricted to use only for prayer.
