Sandi Simcha DuBowski Sandi Simcha DuBowski Sandi Simcha DuBowski is an American director and producer, best known for his work on the intersection of LGBT people and their religion, DuBowski directed the 2001 documentary "Trembling Before G-d" and is the producer of Parvez Sharma's documentary "A Jihad for Love" (formerly known as "In the Name of Allah") (2007). DuBowski was born in Brooklyn in 1970. He was raised in Conservative Judaism. DuBowski attended Hunter College High School in New York City, during which he was selected to participate in Camp Rising Sun, the Louis August Jonas Foundation's international summer scholarship program. In 1992,
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