Author Archive: New Israel Fund

On October 18, 2015, a terrorist started shooting at the bus terminal in Be’er Sheva. Death in the Terminal is a detailed, minute-by-minute reconstruction of what happened in the crucial 18 minutes following the attack. Watch the post-film discussion with directors Tali Shemesh and Asaf Sudri.

Women in Sink tells the story of a little hair salon in the heart of the Christian Arab community in Haifa, where director Dr. Iris Zaki goes to work as a shampoo girl. Watch the post-film discussion with Dr. Iris Zaki.

A group of Orthodox Jewish women arrive at the “Kosher Beach” in Tel Aviv from their closed off community. Here they can be free. When the beach is facing a shut down, the heroines are afraid to lose their island of freedom.

In The Gatekeepers, six former heads of Israel’s domestic secret service agency, the Shin Bet, share their insights and reflect publicly on their actions and decisions. Watch the post-film discussion with director Dror Moreh.

The true story of the incredible Princess Shaw, an amateur YouTube performer from New Orleans, and the enigmatic Israeli composer Kutiman, who discovers her from the other side of the world.

Lea Tsemel defends Palestinians: from feminists to fundamentalists, from non-violent demonstrators to armed militants. Advocate follows Tsemel’s caseload in real-time. Watch the post-film discussion with director Rachel Leah Jones.

In September 1993, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin announces the Oslo Accords and Yigal Amir, a law student and a devoted Orthodox Jew, sees only one way forward. Watch the post-film discussion with director Yaron Zilberman.

In Unsettling, Iris Zaki enters the heart of Tekoa, an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, and sits down to talk to the locals. Watch the post-film discussion with director Iris Zaki

Dimona Twist shares the stories of seven North African and Polish women who experienced immigration, poverty, the difficulties of adjusting to a new home, and created rich and meaningful lives during their first 15 years in Dimona. Watch the post-film discussion with director Michal Aviad.