Arts & Entertainment

"Torn"

Part of the 2012 Minneapolis Jewish Film Festival.

Can one be a Catholic priest and an Observant Jew at the same time? Twelve years after he was ordained as a Polish Catholic priest, Romuald Waszkinel discovers that he was born to Jewish parents, and that his name was Jacob Weksler. Torn between two identities, he is required to choose one. Unable to renounce either he is rejected by both Catholics and Jews. This documentary follows his amazing journey from conducting mass in Poland to life as an observant Jew in a kibbutz in Israel.


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