The Jewish Jail Lady and the Holy Thief

Monday, July 31, 1:45pm; Hart Theater

Documentary | 2022
57 min. | English  | USA
Directors: Barry Rosenthal, Victor Velle

An ex-con turned Rabbi…A nice Jewish girl who liked bad boys…Together, they’ve saved thousands of lives. How can two individuals who hurt so many people and made so many mistakes, end up saving thousands of lives and changing the addiction recovery community in Southern California… forever? This is The Jewish Jail Lady and the Holy Thief, a gleefully profane, remarkably inspiring, and truly special film that follows the dark, troubled, often unbelievable pasts of Rabbi Mark Borovitz and Harriet Rossetto, as their journeys not only lead them to one another, but to the formation of Beit T’Shuvah, a one-of-a-kind Jewish recovery and treatment center known around the globe.

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