Film and Panel Discussion for Doing Jewish: A Story from Ghana
Join us for the launch of this partnership with a special screening and Zoom Panel Discussion
as Toronto filmmaker Gabrielle Zilkha revisits her critically-acclaimed 2016 documentary
Doing Jewish: A Story from Ghana
While working on Ghana, Gabrielle Zilkha discovers the vibrant Sefwi Jewish community. She brings us along on her journey to better understand what it means to belong to the Jewish people and why some people’s Judaism is questioned while that of others is taken at face value.
Discussing the film in light of current discourse and movement to achieve an anti-racist, equitable and inclusive global Jewish community.
Gabrielle Zilkha | Stephen Jacob Ennin | Akilah Allen-Silverstein | Tema Smith |
Director of Doing Jewish: A Story from Ghana | Film subject from Doing Jewish: A Story from Ghana | Co-founder of No Silence on Race | Moderator Writer and Diversity Advocate and Educator |