Author Archive: New Israel Fund
WATCH: Defending Women’s Rights in the Time of COVID-19
NIF grantees are standing up for the rights of women and girls through this crisis.
NIF Film Club: In Between
Maysaloun Hamoud’s remarkable debut feature follows Palestinian women who share an apartment in Tel Aviv. Away from the constraints of their families and tradition, they find themselves “in between” the free and unfettered lives they are aspiring to lead and the restrictions still imposed on them by society. Watch the post-film discussion with director Maysaloun Hamoud.
WATCH: Defending Democracy in the Time of COVID-19
Israeli civil society is mobilizing against annexation in the West Bank and defending democracy during the COVID-19 pandemic.
NIF Film Club: The Oslo Diaries
The year is 1992, and a small group of Israelis and Palestinians meet in Oslo — secretly and against the law. The Oslo Diaries follows these unsanctioned meetings that changed the Middle East forever. Watch the post-film discussion with director Mor Loushy.
NIF Film Club: The Women Pioneers
A hundred years ago, women pioneers came from Europe to Palestine to realize the dream of creating a new woman in a new world. The Women Pioneers uncovers the story of a group of women, their passionate battles and painful disappointments, until their defeat and surrender of their own liberation for the national struggle. Watch the post-film discussion with director Michal Aviad.
NIF Film Club: Forever Pure
Beitar Jerusalem is the most popular and controversial football team in Israel. When a secretive deal by the team’s owner brought in two Muslim players, it inspired the most racist campaign in Israeli sports history that sent the club spiraling out of control. Watch the post-film discussion with director Maya Zinshtein.
NIF Film Club: Bridge over the Wadi
For the first time in Israel, a group of Arab and Jewish parents decide to establish a bi-national, bi-lingual school. Bridge Over the Wadi follows the school’s first year. Watch the post-film discussion with director Barak Heymann.
WATCH: Protecting Vulnerable in the Time of COVID-19
NIF grantee Physicians for Human Rights – Israel the COVID-19 is protecting the rights and wellbeing of Israel’s most marginalized communities amid the pandemic.
NIF Film Club: Ashkenaz
Ashkenaz looks at whiteness in Israel and wonders: How did the “Others” of Europe become the “Europe” of the others? Watch the post-film discussion with director Rachel Leah Jones.
NIF Film Club: King Bibi
King Bibi is the remarkable and controversial story of Netanyahu’s rise to power, documenting four decades of his public appearances. Watch the post-film discussion with director Dan Shadur.