“Waltz With Bashir” has been racking up the prizes. In addition to a slew of international awards, it was awarded Best Picture by the National Society of Film Ciritics, Best Foreign Film at the Golden Globes, and it seems to have the inside track on the same award at the Oscars this Sunday night. But [...]
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Dancing Around Bashir
Posted in Israel, Lebanon, Movies, Palestine, War on February 20, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Brit Tzedek Hits the Hill
Posted in Israel, Lebanon, Palestine, Peace, Politics, Syria on June 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Just returned from DC and an invigorating few days with Brit Tzedek v’Shalom’s Advocacy Days on Capitol Hill. Anyone who supports a Pro-Israel, Pro-Peace policy should take heart in knowing that more than 150 activists from all over the country devoted themselves to in-depth briefings and advocacy training before fanning across the Hill to [...]
Waltz with Bashir
Posted in Israel, Lebanon, Movies, War on May 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The new animated Israeli feature, “Waltz with Bashir” premiered at the Cannes Film Festival last week to extremely positive reviews and I must say I am REALLY looking forward to seeing this one. Directed by Israeli documentarian Ari Folman (one of the writers of the HBO series, “In Treatment”), “Waltz” is [...]