The Rabbi Goes West

Multitalented VIFF alumni Gerald Peary and Amy Geller raise many timely and important questions about the rise of the right (and the overly confident) in this fascinating documentary about ballsy, fast-talking, 34-year-old rabbi Chaim Bruk, who moves from Brooklyn to Bozeman Montana to spread Orthodox Judaism. As he travels across "big sky" landscapes, he confronts both neo-Nazi threats and a more secular and liberal Jewish community that doesn’t quite know how to respond to his charisma and brand of religion. -- from viff.org