Followed by a Q & A with the director Barry Rosenthal
An ex-con turned Rabbi…
A nice Jewish girl who liked bad boys…
Together, they’ve saved thousands of lives.
How can two individuals that hurt so many people and made so many mistakes, end up saving THOUSANDS of lives and changing the addiction recovery community in Southern California… forever?
This is The Jewish Jail Lady and the Holy Thief. A feature-length documentary that follows the dark, troubled, often unbelievable pasts of Rabbi Mark Borovitz and Harriet Rossetto, as their journeys not only lead them to one another, but to the formation of Beit T’Shuvah, a one-of-a-kind recovery and treatment center known around the globe.
Barry Rosenthal is a true creative spirit. He is continually inventing new ideas, exploring new opportunities, and providing big picture thinking. He is an entrepreneur and a businessman. He is the primary creative force behind B/R Creative an ad agency that served Martha’s Vineyard for many years.
Barry’s career spans more than four decades in the fields of marketing, advertising, broadcasting, and documentary filmmaking. He founded B/R Creative Group in 1992, following almost a decade at the creative helm of Spotwise, one of the nation’s premiere broadcast marketing agencies. While there, he helped guide the company’s growth and created successful and award-winning campaigns for NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN, Donahue, Disney, Showtime, USA Network, Major League Baseball, and ESPN. His work for television stations such as WBBM, WRC, WCAU, WCBS, WSVN, WWOR, and WPXI is equally notable. In addition,
Barry was also one of the creators of the Food Network with fellow Islander Reese Schonfeld, who passed away some years ago.
Barry has over 23 Emmy, Addy and Clio awards for his work in Television and Film.
