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Tag: Cultural Events

0 Television/Film Israel

A New York Film Festival Focuses on Israelis and Palestinians

Guest Contributor in Lilith · 10 Dec

The Other Israel Film Festival in Manhattan highlights the ongoing complexities of Israeli-Palestinian relations a year after the October 7 Hamas attack and subsequent Israeli actions in Gaza.

0 Antisemitism Politics

Justin Trudeau condemns antisemitism after Montreal pro-Palestinian protest where Netanyahu is burned in effigy

Ben Sales in JTA · 25 Nov

Following a violent pro-Palestinian protest in Montreal, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau condemned acts of antisemitism and violence.

0 Politics Television/Film

Pro-Palestine protests are at every film festival. What's new about that?

Mira Fox in Forward · 10 Sep

The prevalence of pro-Palestinian protests at major film festivals like Toronto and Venice reflects an ongoing global trend where such demonstrations frequently disrupt cultural events.

0 Politics Education

A ‘Tiny House’ at Berlin’s film festival offered a safe space to talk about the Israel-Hamas war

Toby Axelrod in Forward · 21 Feb

At the Berlinale film festival in Berlin, an Israeli and a Palestinian, Shai Hoffman and Ahmad Dakhnous, collaborated to create a Tiny House as a safe space for discussing the Israel-Hamas conflict amid tensions and protests during the festival.

0 Culture Literature

Israeli Sci-Fi Is a Reality

Raz Greenberg in Tablet · 15 Aug 2016

The development of Israeli science fiction and fantasy has seen significant growth over the past decades, driven by the Israeli Society for Science Fiction and Fantasy.

0 Communities Holocaust

Outrage Over Party at Moscow Synagogue and Holocaust Memorial

Alexander Aciman in Tablet · 6 Feb 2014

The Russian Jewish Congress faced criticism for renting out the Poklonnaya Hill Memorial Synagogue, serving as a synagogue and Holocaust memorial, to a bank for a party with a barbeque, alcohol, and loud music.