Movie note: Light for Greytowers

An Orthodox Jewish movie director wanted to arrange a women-only screening of her film, for religious reasons, and movie festival mucky-mucks in Israel screamed discrimination. The movie, as it happens, is about a girl who comes up against a cruel orphanage matron who tries to keep her from celebrating her religious traditions…

(hat tip: Seraphic Secret)

Tags: discrimination, faith, Israel, Judaism, movies, popular culture, religious freedom