Jewschool is proud to once again sponsor the best of Israeli documentary films showing at the Other Israel Film Festival, the largest festival devoted to the history, culture, and identity on the topic of minority populations in Israel.
This year, we’re highlighting two groundbreaking films, Censored Voices and Oriented. Check out our advance reviews of Censored Voices by Aliza Becker and Aryeh Cohen, and of Oriented by David Levy. But don’t forget to check out the full schedule of over fifteen films. And if you attend a film and want to write a review, we invite you to submit it to us here.

Censored Voices (2015, 84 minutes, documentary) features until-now classified archival footage of Israeli soldiers discussing the 1967 Six Day War days after its completion. Led by nenowned Israeli author Amos Oz, the intimate conversations reveal soldiers wrestling with the systemic evacuation of Palestinians, the dehumanizing nature of war, and the echoes of the Holocaust, taking an honest look at the moment Israel turned occupier.
Screening Times:
Thursday, November 5 at 7:00 pm at the JCC in Manhattan (buy tickets here)
Saturday, November 7 at 7:00 pm at Cinema Village (buy tickets here)

Oriented (2015, 81 minutes, documentary) follows three gay Palestinians — Khader, Fadi, and Naim — living in Tel Aviv as they deal with conflicting national and sexual identities. Determined to make a change, and frustrated with balancing their multi-faceted identities, the three best friends form a resistance movement fighting for gender and national equality.
Friday, November 6 at 9 pm at Cinema Village (buy tickets here)
Tuesday, November 10 at 6:30 pm at the JCC in Manhattan (buy tickets here)
Saturday, November 7 at 8:00 pm at the 14th Street Y (buy tickets here)