In ‘Transit,’ Searching for Home

By Yael Roberts November 26, 2014

It’s 2009 in Tel Aviv, and the playgrounds in certain areas of the city are empty. The parents of these children do not allow the children to go out and play, for fear they will be deported. The children have become prisoners in their own homes. Every day, the Israeli government deports the children of…

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A Lesson in Dancing, and Driving, with Palestinians: A Review of the Other Israel Film Festival

By Catie Damon November 26, 2013

The Other Israel Film Festival, featuring films by and about Arab populations living in Israel, just finished running for its seventh season at the Manhattan Jewish Community Center. I was lucky enough to stream a few of the festival’s documentaries and dramas this week from my little corner of the West Coast. Two films impressed…

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PHY: Israeli Kids Take On Taylor Swift

By H. B. Rubin December 6, 2012

It’s December and that means finals. Finals finals finals. So, I have taken it upon myself to provide you all with as much fun/distraction as I can during the next two weeks. Welcome to Procratination Ha’Yom, a week-long series of funny videos, websites, articles, and pictures that will do nothing to help you get that…

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