The Traveler's Prayer

The Traveler's Prayer

2025 · 8 min · Drama

Mirka, new to the Ultra-Orthodox Jewish world, makes her way from the back of a gender-segregated bus to the front, to save her celiac son Raphael from a cookie containing gluten. This simple act constitutes a challenge to the conventions of the society in which Mirka lives and to which she tries to belong.

Directed by Elkie Hershberg · Written by Elkie Hershberg

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