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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 372

Sayed Kashua

Actors Alex Bakri and Juna Suleiman in a scene from 'Let It Be Morning,' directed by Eran Kolirin. (Courtesy of Cohen Media Group via JTA)
February 11, 2023, 5:31 am
Israeli filmmakers nab awards for movies portraying Palestinians’ lives
Israel’s latest Oscar submissions, dark comedy ‘Let It Be Morning’ and drama ‘Cinema Sabaya,’ both tell Palestinian stories to varying degrees
By Andrew Lapin
Still from Israeli director Eran Kolirin's latest film, 'Let It Be Morning,' written by Sayed Kashua. (Courtesy Cohen Media Group)
November 14, 2021, 7:05 am
Eran Kolirin thought ‘Let It Be Morning’ was ‘career suicide.’ He was dead wrong
Recently shown at NYC’s Other Israel festival, the Israeli director’s latest film features an all-Arab cast, won an Ophir Award, and will represent the Jewish state at the Oscars
By Jordan Hoffman
The characters Naomi (Danielle Kitzis) and Eyad (Tawfeek Barhom) date secretly in 'A Borrowed Identity.' (Courtesy of Strand Releasing)
July 18, 2015, 11:03 pm
Broken hearts in a land divided in ‘A Borrowed Identity’
New Eran Riklis film looks at a fragile Israeli Jewish-Arab relationship, and how one missile can change everything
By Tom Tugend
Left-wing activists hold placards and flags as they protest against the "Jewish state" bill near the Prime Minister residence in Jerusalem on November 29, 2014. Some of the placards call Benjamin Netanyahu a racist, and assert that he seeks democracy for Jews only. (Photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 10, 2014, 3:14 pm
Human rights in Israel curtailed in wake of Gaza war, report says
Study cites arrest of demonstrators, firing of Arab-Israelis; also sees positive moves by Knesset
By Lazar Berman
Norman Issa, Shai Kapon, Kobi Meidan, Mira Awad and Salim Dau at the National Library series on Arab culture (Courtesy National Library)
December 1, 2014, 3:10 am
A house of books opens its doors to dialogue, in Arabic and Hebrew
The National Library of Israel defies the doubters to host Arab cultural figures amid Jerusalem’s fraught autumn
By Jessica Steinberg
Arab-Israelis protesting Israel’s Gaza operation hold the Palestinian flag at the demonstration in the central Israeli city of Jaffa, near Tel Aviv, July 21, 2014 (photo credit: Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
September 6, 2014, 1:52 am
After Gaza, Arab Israelis fear rising discrimination
Some members of ethnic minority have been interrogated by police or fired from workplaces for voicing dismay over conflict with Hamas
By Ben Sales
Director David Mamet teaching his master class at the Jerusalem Film Festival this week (photo credit: Nir Shaanani)
July 16, 2014, 9:33 pm
Despite rockets, the show goes on at Jerusalem Film Festival
Amid conflict with Hamas, Director Spike Jonze arrives in Israel, but cancels his master class
By Jessica Steinberg
July 7, 2014, 5:50 am
A host of options at the Jerusalem film festival
Mamet, Jonze, and a focus on local movies among 200 features from 50 countries, as annual movie event aims for viewers of all ages
By Jessica Steinberg
At the opening of the 29th Jerusalem Film Festival, held, in the capital's Sultan's Pool venue. (Uri Lenz/Flash90)
July 3, 2014, 10:25 am
Local flicks are the ticket at the Jerusalem Film Festival
With a new, homegrown director and a slew of Israeli movies, Jerusalem Cinematheque gets ready for its 31st annual adventure
By Jessica Steinberg
Meir Shalev, pictured here at a previous festival, will be speaking Thursday, May 22, at 7 pm (photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash 90)
May 12, 2014, 12:35 am
Jerusalem and its poet, Yehuda Amichai, spotlighted at writers festival
Diverse international gathering to offer up Roth, Agnon, motherhood, song, dance and more
By Jessica Steinberg
Clara Khoury, left, and Norman Issa in Arab Labor, a satirical comedy in Hebrew and Arabic written by author Sayed Kashua. (Other Israel Film Festival)
April 26, 2014, 5:53 am
‘Arab Labor’ sitcom to air on US TV
LA channel to screen popular comedy about tribulations of Arab Israeli family living among Israeli Jews in West Jerusalem
By JTA
Teens outside the schoolhouse in the Palestinian village of Jinba, south of Hebron, on Tuesday (photo credit: Ilan Ben Zion/Times of Israel staff)
June 25, 2013, 8:50 pm
Israeli authors come to aid of embattled Palestinian villagers
High Court to rule in 15-year battle over land the IDF is trying to depopulate and requisition as military zone; army says residents illegally created facts on the ground
By Ilan Ben Zion
Sayed Kashua winks to the press (photo credit: Nati Shohat/Flash 90)
January 13, 2013, 10:28 pm
‘Arab Labor’ TV show sweeps local awards
Third season of Sayed Kashua’s comedy about an Arab journalist wins five trophies at annual ceremony of the Israeli Academy of Film and Television
By Jessica Steinberg
Illustrative: Ultra-Orthodox and secular Jewish men face off in Jerusalem, 2008. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
November 11, 2012, 11:34 am
Jerusalem’s secular minority battles to hold its own
Kiryat Yovel neighborhood is latest focus of capital’s culture war between Jewish conservatism and pluralism
By Lauren E. Bohn
Writer Meir Shalev entering the festival, with the iconic Mishkenot Sha'ananim windmill behind him (photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash 90)
May 17, 2012, 7:40 am
Off the map? Israel’s English-language writers wonder where they fit in
A season of literary events highlights the curious place of wordsmiths who sometimes feel abroad at home
By Jessica Steinberg
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