Loving Leah

Loving Leah (2009) is a CBS TV romance you can watch online on iFILM. When her husband Benjamin dies suddenly, Leah faces the Jewish custom of yibbum — his brother Jake is expected to marry her. He's a secular Washington cardiologist with no connection to Orthodox life. She's a rabbi's daughter from a tight-knit community. Neither wants this. They agree to a quiet, platonic arrangement and move in together.

Lauren Ambrose and Adam Kaufman carry the film's gentle friction between two incompatible worlds. Director Jeff Bleckner keeps the tone warm without pushing it. A small, unhurried movie about the version of love that arrives sideways. Stream Loving Leah online on iFILM.