Shai Ginsburg teaches Israeli culture at Duke University, North Carolina. He has published articles on Israeli literature, culture and history. He formerly reviewed films for Tikkun.
Yoav Shamir’s 2009 documentary Defamation is the one must-see film at this years’ San Francisco…
The recent stream of successful Israeli features—The Band’s Visit, Waltz with Bashir, and Beaufort, to…
The San Francisco Jewish Film Festival requires little introduction. Now in its twenty-ninth year, the…
Whenever I return to Israel, I always make a point of listening to local talk…
It is difficult to believe that three weeks ago the main news item in Israel…
In his film Voices from El-Sayed, Oded Adomi Leshem tackles the often-neglected issue of Israel’s…
Whether it be in the US, Europe, or Israel, filmmakers are demonstrating a renewed interest…
It is difficult to categorize Ari Folman ’s extraordinary film Waltz with Bashir: a cinematic…
