The Holy Closet tells the stories of LGBTQ people who chose to remain religious Jews and to build their lives, relationships, families and everyday activities according to the Jewish religion. POST FILM DISCUSSION with Rabbi Steve Greenberg, Boston-based author and founder of Eshel, a North American support, education and advocacy organization for LGBT Orthodox Jews; playwright Daniel Thau-Eleff; and Ben Baader, Professor of History at the University of Manitoba. Professor Baader’s gender transition and transition from secular to orthodox were the inspiration for Thau-Eleff’s play Narrow Bridge, recently presented by the Winnipeg Jewish Theatre.
