Bavaria Fiction is currently filming a documentary about Akiva Weingarten, showing his journey from an ultra-Orthodox community in New York to becoming a liberal rabbi in Germany.<\/p>\n
The 60-minute Ultra-Orthodox: Rabbi Akiva\u2019s Journey to Freedom<\/em> (w.t.) is set to broadcast on March 6 on 3sat and will be available from February 28 on 3sat Mediathek.<\/p>\n All rights outside Germany, Austria and Switzerland are held by Bavaria Fiction.<\/p>\n Emanuel Rotstein, executive producer and head of documentaries at Bavaria Fiction, said: \u201cOur documentary tells the moving life story of Akiva Weingarten and his search for freedom and personal development. The repercussions he faced for leaving the ultra-Orthodox community have been severe. We take a look at the struggle for his children and his inner conflicts but also show the diversity of Jewish faith, culture and traditions.\u201d<\/p>\n Weingarten added: \u201cThe documentary project is very close to my heart, as I want to show those that encounter a similar situation that they are not alone on their path and that there is help available. At the same time, it is very important to me to show the incredible hurdles we face when we decide to live outside the ultra-Orthodox community.\u201d<\/p>\n Natalie M\u00fcller-Elmau, senior VP for 3sat, said: \u201cThe film tells a personal life story and at the same time something universal, namely what happens when you have to break with traditions and constraints in the fight for your own freedom. We like to give space to such stories with extraordinary protagonists because existential questions are explored here\u2014profound but not top-heavy.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Bavaria Fiction is currently filming a documentary about Akiva Weingarten, showing his journey from an ultra-Orthodox community in New York to becoming a liberal rabbi in Germany.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3087,"featured_media":20711,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[8924,6099,8925],"class_list":["post-20710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-3sat","tag-bavaria-fiction","tag-ultra-orthodox-rabbi-akivas-journey-to-freedom","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"\n