NEW YORK PREMIERE
This astonishing documentary juxtaposes the lives of two of Israel’s most prominent ultra-Orthodox leaders. Shmuel Chaim Pappenheim is an anti-Zionist radical activist who organizes mass protests against the secular state. The late Avraham Ravitz was a former IDF soldier and a longtime Knesset member who worked within the system to advance his constituency’s religious agenda. This film closely follows them as the 2006 elections approach.
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Chronicle of a Kidnap
Nurit Kedar, Israel, 2008; 55m
NEW YORK PREMIERE
In this riveting documentary, activist Karnit -Goldwasser steps into the media spotlight on behalf of her husband Ehud (Udi), a soldier abducted in 2006 by Hezbollah in Lebanon. The film is an intimate portrait of Karnit’s heroic efforts to lobby for Ehud’s release
