Israeli Films

Yossi Looks at a Closeted Gay Man in Israeli Society

Erica Abeel | Posted 04.21.2012

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Erica Abeel

In a sequel of sorts to his 2003 Yossi and Jagger, Fox follows a dead man walking who returns, spiritually and physically, to the living.

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Sephardic Film Festival: From Spanish Expulsion to Vidal Sassoon

Richard Z. Chesnoff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sephardic, Israeli-Films, Film Festival, French Jews, Algeria Jews, Cuba, Moroccan-Jews, New York News
Richard Z. Chesnoff

New York's annual Sephardic Film Festival is always a tasty treat. First and foremost, it provides us with a cinematic kaleidoscope of the destinies ...

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With Eyes Wide Open, Confronting Orthodox Judaism's Gay Taboo

Richard Z. Chesnoff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Homosexuality, Jerusalem, Ultra-Orthodox Jews, Israeli-Films, Jewish Law, Orthodox Judaism, Gay Issues, New York News
Richard Z. Chesnoff

Israeli Director Haim Tabakman has decided to break the taboo of silence in Eyes Wide Open, his first film, a stunning drama of two ultra Orthodox men who chance to fall in love.

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Israel's Arabs -- A Cinematic Voice in New York

Richard Z. Chesnoff | Posted 05.25.2011

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Richard Z. Chesnoff

National schizophrenia has become an obsession for the Israeli Arab community -- and to the benefit of Israeli cinema, the subject matter of a growing number of increasingly fine films.

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