The Roots of Water [Les Racines de l'Eau]

Release Year
2021
Runtime
19m
Genres
Documentary
Directed By
Sarah Lederman
The Roots of Water

Two women—one Ashkenazi Jew from Poland and one Sephardic Jew from Algeria—meet in Brussels with the same quest: to find out what their Jewish identity means to them. Their biggest desire is to undergo the water ritual called Mikveh. But they are not welcome in a bath house being neither married nor orthodox. Nonetheless, they try to claim their heritage on a road trip and on their own Judaism.

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