Loving Leah

Loving Leah

95 mins | Drama, Romance, TV Movie | Jan. 25, 2009

A handsome Washington, D.C. doctor and a young New York woman fall in love at an unusual time...after they get married. Leah Lever is married to an Orthodox rabbi, Benjamin Lever, whose brother, Jake is a successful cardiologist and a non-practicing Jew. Jake is stunned when Benjamin dies suddenly, but not as stunned as when he is told that, under an ancient Jewish Law, he is expected to marry the childless Leah to carry on Benjamin's name.

Loving Leah

95 mins | Drama, Romance, TV Movie | Jan. 25, 2009

Loving Leah
A handsome Washington, D.C. doctor and a young New York woman fall in love at an unusual time...after they get married. Leah Lever is married to an Orthodox rabbi, Benjamin Lever, whose brother, Jake is a successful cardiologist and a non-practicing Jew. Jake is stunned when Benjamin dies suddenly, but not as stunned as when he is told that, under an ancient Jewish Law, he is expected to marry the childless Leah to carry on Benjamin's name.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions
Original title Loving Leah
Directors Jeff Bleckner
Writers Pnenah Goldstein

Cast

Lauren Ambrose

as Leah

Adam Kaufman

as Jake Lever

Susie Essman

as Malka

Harris Yulin

as Rabbi Belsky

Natasha Lyonne

as Esther

Christy Pusz

as Carol

Ricki Lake

as Rabbi Gerry

Mercedes Ruehl

as Janice

Tonye Patano

as Emily

Timothée Chalamet

as Young Jake Lever

Welker White

as Instructor