This film offers an unusual insight into orthodox Jewry as we view hundreds of orthodox Jewish men ecstatically dancing to techno sounds as well as to more traditional music during the yearly celebration at Meron Mountain. The celebration is set to commemorate the death of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai who wrote the Zohar part of the Kabbala. Ashery dressed as an orthodox Jewish man in order to join the only men dancing. The film documents this gender intervention.
 

תערוכות ופרויקטים (2001-2022)
ארכיונים

ארכיוני המרכז הוקמו בתמיכת קרן אוסטרובסקי וארטיס

Dancing with Men

This film offers an unusual insight into orthodox Jewry as we view hundreds of orthodox Jewish men ecstatically dancing to techno sounds as well as to more traditional music during the yearly celebration at Meron Mountain. The celebration is set to commemorate the death of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai who wrote the Zohar part of the Kabbala. Ashery dressed as an orthodox Jewish man in order to join the only men dancing. The film documents this gender intervention.