Documentary

Melissa Francis said she was motivated to make the film after Oct. 7 to explain Israel to viewers outside the country, particularly in the United States.

The 28th Docaviv festival runs through June 6, featuring Israeli and international documentaries, masterclasses with Oscar winners, retrospectives, and a focus on politics, culture, and music.

The prize from the Weil-Bloch Foundation and NFCT for the IDF tale is set to be presented at Tel Aviv's international documentary film festival, Docaviv.

Twelve new films have been chosen for the Israeli competition. They include Soccer for the Soul, by Avida Livny, and Shalom, by Meital Zvieli.

The famed BBC broadcaster, whose family rescued Jewish sisters before the Holocaust, has never backed Israel boycotts and once praised Israel’s climate innovation.

Soul of a Nation dismantles anti-Israel propaganda by telling the truth about Israel as it is – flawed, complex, democratic, diverse, and deeply human.

There will be a screening of 'God Speaks Yiddish" on April 29, 7 p.m., at Nefesh B'Nefesh, Azrieli Circle Tower, 10th floor, Tel Aviv. Entrance is free. Advance registration is required.

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Like in the era of Joseph Stalin, when people whispered in their own homes out of fear of repression, today’s reality in Russia increasingly echoes those patterns.

A highlight of this programming will be a new HOT edition of Zikaron BaSalon (Hebrew for “Remembrance in the Living Room”), an intimate project in which Holocaust survivors recount their stories.