Tango Shalom

Tango Shalom is a 2021 American dance[1] comedy[2] film directed by Gabriel Bologna and starring Jos Laniado, Judi Beecher, Renée Taylor, Lainie Kazan and Karina Smirnoff.

[12] Tom Tugend of Jewish Journal wrote, "Tango Shalom, which is populated by bearded Chassidim — not as caricatures or exotics, but as three-dimensional characters facing life's dilemmas and joys".

[13] Pope Francis was quoted in the Vatican newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, “I was pleased to learn of the film, Tango Shalom, which is intended to foster the values of fraternal solidarity and peace on a global level.

[14] The Interfaith dialogue movement has rallied behind Tango Shalom, who have endorsements on their official website by the Palestinian Bishop of Jerusalem, Dr. Munib Younan, Chief Rabbi Yehuda Sarna, Association of British Muslims, Archbishop Felix Anthony Machado, International Council of Christians and Jews, Centre For Religion, Reconciliation and Peace, The Global Peace Initiative of Women, United Religions Initiative, Muslims for Progressive Values, The Peacemakers’ Circle Foundation, Jammu & Kashmir Policy Institute, Nobel Prize Nominee, Steve Killelea, and the Reverend Dr. Richard Sudworth, Secretary for Inter Religious Affairs for the Archbishop of Canterbury.

The film has been well received by former Soviet Union states, and was a recipient of numerous audience awards in countries with high Muslim populations, such as Morocco, United Arab Emirates, and India.