Keep Not Silent

Keep Not Silent / OrthoDykes את שאהבה נפשי
Directed by	Ilil Alexander
Written by	ILIL Alexander
Edited by	Oron Adar
Music by	DJ E
Distributed by	Women Make Movies
Release date	2004
Running time	52 minutes
Country	Israel
Language	Hebrew & English

Keep Not Silent (Hebrew: את שאהבה נפשי, translit. Et Sheaava Nafshi) is a 2004 documentary film by Israeli director and producer Ilil Alexander about three lesbians in Jerusalem. It won the Israeli Academy award for Best Documentary Film 2004 and won numerous international awards in film Festivals in Europe, North America and the Far East, including best director, best doc, audience awards and others.

Lesbianism is generally viewed as forbidden in Orthodox Judaism (see Homosexuality and Judaism). In Jerusalem, a number of Orthodox Jewish lesbians formed a group called OrthoDykes for mutual support and to learn the relevant issues in Jewish law. The film describes lives of three of them. One is Yudit, single and trying to have her same-sex marriage follow the Orthodox rules. Another is Miriam-Ester (pseudonym), who is married to a man and has ten children. She is suppressing her lesbian feelings in order to keep her marriage for religious reasons. Ruth, another married lesbian, keeps her marriage for the same reason, while her husband agrees to her seeing her lover regularly.

See also

• Homosexuality and Judaism
• Trembling Before G-d (2001)
• Say Amen (2005) a documentary about a gay man coming out to his Orthodox family

External links

• Keep Not Silent at IMDb