Torah Tropical
New York Jewish Film Festival 2025
January 15 - 29, 2025
Living precariously in a beautiful but dangerous city in Colombia that has been rocked by escalating unrest and drug war violence, Orthodox Jewish converts Isska and Menajem desire to emigrate to Israel with their two young daughters.
Post-screening discussion with director/producer/composer Ezra Axelrod and producer Heidi Paster
Perceptive and revelatory, this documentary about a family that has converted to Orthodox Jewish life in Cali, Colombia, and wishes to escape to Jerusalem, makes an ongoing global crisis relatable. Living precariously in a beautiful but dangerous city that has been rocked by the country’s escalating unrest and drug war violence, parents Isska and Menajem wish to relocate to Israel with their two young daughters, fervently believing that the Promised Land is calling them home. Immigration won’t be easy. With intimate empathy and escalating tension, Torah Tropical depicts the lengths people will go to improve their lives, find where they belong, and affirm their faith despite struggle and hardship.
Torah Tropical. Courtesy of Jimmy Ferguson.
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