Keep Not Silent
| Keep Not Silent את שאהבה נפשי | |
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| Directed by | Ilil Alexander |
| Distributed by | Women Make Movies |
Release dates | 2004 |
| Country | Israel |
Keep Not Silent (Hebrew: את שאהבה נפשי, translit. Et Sheaava Nafshi) is a 2004 documentary film by Israeli director Ilil Alexander about three lesbians in Jerusalem.
Lesbianism is generally viewed as forbidden in Orthodox Judaism (see Homosexuality and Judaism). In Jerusalem, a number of Orthodox Jewish lesbians formed a group called OrthoDykes for mutual support and to learn the relevant issues in Jewish law. The film describes lives of three of them. One is Yudit, single and trying to have her same-sex marriage follow the Orthodox rules. Another is Miriam-Ester (pseudonym), who is married to a man and has ten children. She is suppressing her lesbian feelings in order to keep her marriage for religious reasons. Ruth, another married lesbian, keeps her marriage for the same reason, while her husband agrees to her seeing her lover regularly.
See also
- Homosexuality and Judaism
- Trembling Before G-d (2001)
- Say Amen (2005) a documentary about a gay man coming out to his Orthodox family