''The Rabbi Goes West'' is a 2019 documentary film about a

Chabad Chabad, also known as Lubavitch, Habad and Chabad-Lubavitch (), is an Orthodox Jewish Hasidic dynasty. Chabad is one of the world's best-known Hasidic movements, particularly for its outreach activities. It is one of the largest Hasidic group ...

Hasidic Hasidism, sometimes spelled Chassidism, and also known as Hasidic Judaism (Ashkenazi Hebrew: חסידות ''Ḥăsīdus'', ; originally, "piety"), is a Jewish religious group that arose as a spiritual revival movement in the territory of contem ...

rabbi and his family who move to

Montana Montana () is a state in the Mountain West division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, Wyoming to the south, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columbi ...

. The film's directors are

Amy Geller Amy Geller is an American documentary film director and producer. She is best known for her work on the documentaries ''The Rabbi Goes West'' and ''The Guys Next Door''. Life and career Geller was born in Hampton, New Hampshire. She holds a B.A. ...

and Gerald Peary. The film covers the lives of the Chabad rabbi's efforts to increase Jewish observance among the

Jews Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...

living in the state, as well as reactions from the non-Orthodox rabbis living in Montana.

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* * Chabad in the United States Films about Orthodox and Hasidic Jews Jews and Judaism in Montana 2019 documentary films 2019 films Films about Chabad American documentary films Documentary films about Montana Documentary films about Jews and Judaism in the United States 2010s English-language films 2010s American films {{2010s-US-film-stub

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