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Rabin’s death still haunts Israeli society
Avishay Artsy
March 9, 2016
Amos Gitaï is one of Israel’s best-known filmmakers, and his latest project explores one of his country’s most tragic moments: the 1995 assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.
Israel’s bad boy of cinema gets L.A. fest
Tom Tugend
March 8, 2011
“My country, Israel, is full of contradictions and volcanic eruptions. We fluctuate between extremes. One morning you say peace is at hand and all problems will be resolved. The next day, it’s the apocalypse.” The thumbnail description comes from Amos Gitai, who, more than any other Israeli filmmaker, has explored the emotional peaks and valleys of his people in more than 40 feature films and documentaries.
On-screen morality plays illuminate Holocaust choices
Tom Tugend
December 4, 2008
World War II and the Holocaust ended more than 60 years ago, but the subject\’s fascination for filmmakers as the ultimate moral testing ground for participants on both sides only intensifies with the passage of time.
Jewish life in the City of Lights
Danielle Berrin
May 2, 2008
Calendar Girl Danielle Berrin finds herself in Paris for Pesach
Jewish life in the City of Lights
Danielle Berrin
May 1, 2008
Current statistics suggests that, even though France is depicted as less than empathetic to the Jewish community, the Jewish population there has actually grown.
Cameo of a Playwright
Tom Tugend
January 25, 2001
Israeli filmmaker Amos Gitai will direct a novice actor in his next movie. He is playwright Arthur Miller, better known as the author of \”Death of a Salesman,\” \”The Crucible\” and numerous other dramas.
Strong Opinions
Naomi Pfefferman
March 9, 2000
Renowned Israeli director Amos Gitai acknowledges that his film, \”Kadosh,\” raises ire in segments of the observant community. \”It\’s critical of certain elements of Jewish tradition that I consider to be reactionary,\” says the filmmaker, whose movie tells of two oppressed Orthodox women in Jerusalem\’s Mea Shearim. \”But it\’s not a total denial. It\’s precise.\”
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