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b'Traditionally, Orthodox Jews submerge themselves in mikvehs\\u2014ritual baths\\u2014to purify themselves. Producer Hannah Reich has always been drawn to water\\u2014to rivers, oceans, pools\\u2014and was fascinated by the idea that ritual submersion sanctifies the sexual relationship between a man and a woman. At the same time, though, she was conflicted over how such an act can be reconciled with feminism and acceptance of the body as is. Through mikveh visits and in conversations with the \\u2018Mikvah Lady\\u2019 of Melbourne, the first female rabbi in the Southern Hemisphere, and other Jewish women, she explores these questions in \\u201cImmersion.\\u201d This documentary first aired on the program Earshot from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

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