It has become part of the experience of the “intermediate days” of Sukkot and Passover, which are considered holidays on which labor is allowed by Jewish law (unlike the Sabbath). In fact, these are the only days when an ultra-Orthodox family can venture on a family outing together. In recent years the preferred leisure activity of ultra-Orthodox women, which in the past had been visiting a park, has become going to a movie.
A movie? For an ultra-Orthodox family? Until a few years ago, the concept of “seeing a movie,” to say nothing of an “ultra-Orthodox movie” did not exist in the ultra-Orthodox lexicon. The film industry was considered entirely improper by ultra-Orthodox leadership and a target for all-out cultural war.
