Just adding one commentary excluded from the ones itemized in the publicity below, from Yehuda Kurtzer, President of the Shalom Hartman Institute
https://jewishreviewofbooks.com/american-jewry/16256/enlightenment-and-conspiracy/# Enlightenment and Conspiracy jewishreviewofbooks.com "The serious questions that arise from this conflict..are not really taken seriously in Israelism. Instead, it offers us a cartoonish polemic." "Israelism is so one-sided and so certain of its own virtue and rightness that critique seems almost beside the point." "Where, in Israelism’s world, are the majority of American Jews—and the majority of Israelis—who know the present is untenable but fear the alternatives? Or the parallel majority on the Palestinian side, who know that the path toward mutual safety and security lies in recognizing our inextricability? And what happens to us in this desperate attempt to generate mass appeal for the most populist and partisan version of our impossible story?" > On Jan 4, 2025, at 4:41 PM, Stephen R. Low <steve....@gordianconcepts.com> > wrote: > > A second chance to see Israelism: > > Sunday, January 5 at 2 PM at the Lincoln Public Library, 3 Bedford Road > <> > Revealing the widening schism in America’s Jewish Community > > > <image001.png>The GRALTA Foundation screens Israelism, a 2023 documentary > directed and written by two first-time Jewish filmmakers who share a similar > story to the film’s protagonists. > > Watch the trailer: https://youtu.be/bondvm3hvGM > > Dual Award Winner <> > San Francisco Jewish Film Festival > Best Feature Documentary > Audience Award (Feature Documentary) > Winner > Brooklyn International Film Festival > Board of Director’s Spirit Award > > Why all the controversy? > Sample the media attention given to this film. > Then see it for yourself! > > · ‘Students do not like being censored’: ‘Israelism,’ a new doc with > New England roots, is film flashpoint > BOSTON GLOBE > By Erin Trahan > Since Oct. 7, screenings across the country have been canceled, postponed, > and cited in a federal lawsuit. > > · “Israelism” on Tour: New Film Examines American Jews’ Growing > Rejection of Israel’s Occupation > DEMOCRACY NOW > The new documentary Israelism examines the growing generational divide among > Jewish Americans on the question of Palestine, with many younger Jews > increasingly critical of Israel and less supportive of Zionism. > > · The Jewish Community Rupture Over Israel–Palestine > THE INTERCEPT > Ryan Grim speaks to the filmmakers of “Israelism,” a documentary on the > unique relationship between American Jews and an idealized version of Israel. > > · Jewish UPenn Students Could Face Discipline For Screening Film > Critical Of Israel > HUFFPOST > By Matt Shuham > University of Pennsylvania administrators told a student group it could lose > funding and organizers could face consequences for screening "Israelism." > > · Hunter College Pulls Screening of Film Critical of IsraeL > NEW YORK TIMES > By Jennifer Schuessler > Hunter College this week abruptly pulled a screening of a documentary film > critical of Israel, creating a backlash from faculty members and students who > have charged the New York school’s administration with undermining academic > freedom. > > · The Backlash to Anti-Israel Protests Threatens Free Speech > NEW YORK TIMES > By Michelle Goldberg > If you want to understand the wrenching generational rift over Israel among > many left-leaning American Jews, the documentary “Israelism,” which came out > this year, is a good place to start. > > · Israelism Is a Powerful Indictment of Pro-Apartheid Indoctrination > JACOBIN > By Ben Burgis > A new documentary called Israelism tells the story of young American Jews > coming to question the narrative they were taught about “the only democracy > in the Middle East.” > > · Were young American Jews lied to about Israel? A new documentary > says yes > THE [JEWISH DAILY] FORWARD > By Mira Fox February 24, 2023 > I was no`t raised attending a Jewish day school, or Hebrew school on the > weekends, or even a Jewish summer camp. Apparently, if I had been, I might > have been subjected to heavy propaganda about Israel. That’s the thesis of > Israelism, a provocative and professionally edited documentary that premiered > this week at the Big Sky Film Festival, criticizing American Jews’ loyalty to > Israel. > > · What if a quarter of Jews really do think Israel is a genocidal, > apartheid state? > THE [JEWISH DAILY] FORWARD > By Arno Rosenfeld July 15, 2021 > The questions were tucked toward the end of a lengthy poll of American Jewish > voters: do you agree, the Jewish Electorate Institute asked respondents, > “that Israel is an apartheid state?” Do you agree that “Israel is committing > genocide against the Palestinians?’’ > > · Cancel culture comes for a documentary about Jews critical of Israel > THE [JEWISH DAILY] FORWARD > By Mira Fox > ‘Israelism’ exposes attempts to control the narrative about Israel. Now those > same forces are coming for the film. > > Regards, > Steve Low > -- > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > To post, send mail to Lincoln@lincolntalk.org > <mailto:Lincoln@lincolntalk.org>. > Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. > Change your subscription settings at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln.
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