Hineini: Coming Out in a Jewish High School is a film about a lesbian student’s fight to establish a gay-straight student alliance at a Jewish high school.

    Shulamit Izen enters 9th grade at The New Jewish High School (now Gann Academy) longing to connect more deeply with her Jewish faith. She also starts school as an out lesbian. Using interviews with Shulamit, her family, teachers, and other students – both those who support her campaign and those who oppose it – the film allows the members of this community to tell their own story as it unfolds. What emerges is a potent story of Jewish pluralism and a community navigating the cross-currents of Jewish tradition and social change.

You can view the film’s trailer here. Locations of upcoming screenings are available at the film’s MySpace page.