Tag: Film
Museum of Jewish Heritage offers free online educational resources for those at home
New York’s Museum of Jewish Heritage–A Living Memorial to the Holocaust is offering several online resources for parents, teachers and students as the museum remains temporarily closed in accordance with COVID-19 social-distancing restrictions.
For parents...
Filmmakers boycott LGBT film festival in Tel Aviv in ‘solidarity’ with Palestinians
At least 100 LGBTQIA+ filmmakers and film artists are among a group of more than 230 people in the film industry who have signed a pledge to boycott TLVFest—an LGBT film festival in Israel—as...
What makes Israel the 13th happiest country in the world?
“Happy are those who dwell in Your house.” — Psalm 84
It’s official. Israel has been named the 13th happiest country in the world. So says the 2019 United Nations World Happiness Report, which ranks...
Jordan stops production of fictional film for referencing Jewish ties to its land
The Jordanian government has suspended the production of a film set in the ancient Jordanian city of Petra because it references historical Jewish ties to the land.
The film, called “Jaber,” is fictional and based...
DC suburb reschedules showing of anti-Israel film narrated by Roger Waters
After postponing a screening of an anti-Israel documentary narrated by pro-BDS activist and former Pink Floyd member Roger Waters, the Maryland municipality of Takoma Park, a suburb of Washington, D.C., has rescheduled the showing for next...
Following backlash, Israel’s national lottery cancels controversial film prize
Israel’s national lottery, Mifal Hapayis, announced today that it is cancelling a NIS 150,000 ($42,000) prize awarded to a documentary film about the life of controversial Israeli attorney Lea Tsemel.
The move comes after thousands of...
Despite pressure, film about rising anti-Semitism in Europe gets Jerusalem screening
After several venues canceled screenings at the last minute, a controversial documentary film directed by U.K. right-wing media figure Katie Hopkins was shown in Jerusalem Tuesday evening at the Uri Zvi Greenberg Legacy House.
In...