Wendy’s Shabbat (2018)
14m
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April 20, 2018Release Date
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The film documents a heartwarming neighbourhood tradition of elderly Jews (the director tactfully emphasised their age by mentioning in the credits that even their dogs are old now) to gather together for the Shabbah and celebrate it right in the middle of a Wendy’s fast food restaurant. At first the employees tried to obstruct it, but old ladies and gentlemen persisted and talked to the manager who let them occupy several tables, listen to the Rabbi (who is, according to his words, the oldest working Rabbi in all of the States of America), break challah bread, and eat burgers with no bacon and french fries for four dollars only.
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Wendy's Shabbat is a 2018 documentary film directed and produced by Rachel Myers. It stars Roberta Mahler, Lou Silberman, Sharon Goodman, Gerri Gussman and Rabbi Isaiah Zeldin. It premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival 2018 and Palm Springs International Film Festival 2018, and over 50 other film festivals world wide where it won Audience Choice Awards at the Seattle Jewish Film Festival 2019, Jewish & Israeli Film Festival 2019, Audience Choice Award Winner Gold Coast International Film Festival 2018. Wendy's Shabbat theatrically premiered at Leammle Theatre- Music Hall and qualified for 2018 Academy Awards. The film was critically appraised for its subject and depiction of documentary subjects featured in the film.