Movie Details
Original Language:English
Praise the Lard
DirectorChen Shelach
1 hr
Plot
The documentary Praise the Lard explores one of the biggest taboos in Judaismporkand how the existence of Israels pork industry came to exemplify much of the tension inherent in Zionism the struggle to create a new secular Jewish identity that exists apart from religious tradition and whether it will be possible for this secular identity to survive in the face of mounting pressure from observant Jews Praise the Lard presents an incisive engaging take on how the unsuspecting pig took on such an outsized role in the land of Israel
