The first woman rabbi in the world, Regina Jonas, comes to light, courtesy of Rachel Weisz – who plays her – and her father George Weisz, who was the executive producer for this poetic and beautiful documentary. The daughter of an Orthodox Jewish peddler, Jonas was ordained in Berlin in 1935. During the Nazi era and the war, her sermons and her unparalleled devotion brought encouragement to the persecuted German Jews. Regina Jonas was murdered in Auschwitz in 1944. The only surviving photo of Jonas serves as a leitmotif for the film, showing a determined young woman gazing at the camera with self-confidence.
Rachel Weisz
Regina Jonas (voice)
Hitler's Forgotten Victims
Columbus DNA: His True Origin
Pope Pius XII and the Holocaust
Enchanted
My Jewish Death
In Memory
O Futuro da Memória: 60 anos do Instituto Histórico Geográfico de Nova Iguaçu
Der dritte Bruder
Wall of Silence
Saved by Language
2 or 3 Things I Know About Him
Dead Gay Men and Living Lesbians
