Awake Zion

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Awake Zion
Directed by	Monica Haim
Release date	2005
Running time	60 min.
Languages	English, Hebrew and Iyaric

Awake Zion is a 2005 documentary by that documents the connection between Jews and Rastafarians.

Synopsis[]

Matisyahu, a Jewish reggae singer.

In Awake Zion, Haim travels from Manhattan to Jamaica and Israel, interviewing Rastafarians and Rabbis to highlight similarities between their worldviews. Haim, a young Jewish woman, says she first perceived a connection between Jews and Rastafarians at a reggae concert.

Haim interviews , an African American DJ in the reggae scene in Brooklyn who is shocked by Matisyahu, a Hasidic reggae artist from White Plains New York. The film also features Jamaican-born Israeli rapper Yehoshua Sofer.^[1]

Yehoshua Sofer in 2011

Response[]

Most reviews of Awake Zion emphasize the documentary's social conscience in trying to bridge a gap between two seemingly different cultures. Rather than being scholarly, Haim's tone is described as "gently irreverent".

See also[]

• History of the Jews in Jamaica
• History of the Jews in Morocco
• History of the Jews in South Africa

References[]

External links[]

• The Cinema Guide
• Awake Zion's website
• Review of Awake Zion
• Programa Radial de Reggae y Cultura de Jamaica