Author Archive: New Israel Fund

For the past 60 years, AIPAC has maintained a strict “no interview” policy, but now, for the first time, the founding fathers of AIPAC speak out in Kings of Capitol Hill. Watch the post-film discussion with director Mor Loushy.

Salma, a Palestinian widow, is the owner of her late father’s cherished lemon grove. She must defend her lemon tree field when a new Israeli Defense Minister moves next to her and threatens to have her lemon grove torn down. Watch the post-film discussion with director Eran Riklis.

Mayor is a real-life political saga following Musa Hadid, the Christian mayor of Ramallah, during his second term in office. Watch the post-film discussion with director David Osit.

Ma’abarot tells the story of the Israeli transit camps in the 1950s. Watch the post-film discussion with director Dina Zvi-Riklis and producer Arik Bernstein.

Aviv follows famed 90s star Aviv Geffen’s rapid ascent from underground musician to mythic figure – and the last person to embrace Yitzhak Rabin moments before his tragic assassination at a peace rally. Listen to the post-film discussion with director Tomer Heymann.

The Speed Sisters are the first all-woman race car driving team in the Middle East. Watch the post-film discussion with director Amber Fares.