ISRAELISM

Co-presented with the Boston Palestine Film Festival, If Not Now, Kavod, Boston Workers Circle, and Jewish Voice for Peace Boston, Emerson Faculty for Justice in Palestine and Emerson Students for Justice in Palestine
Directed by Erin Axelman and Sam Eilertsen, documentary, English, United States, 84 minutes, 2023

When two young American Jews raised to unconditionally love Israel witness the brutal way Israel treats Palestinians, their lives take sharp left turns.They join a movement of young American Jews battling the old guard to redefine Judaism’s relationship with Israel, revealing a deepening generational divide over modern Jewish identity. Discussion with directors Erin Axelman and Sam Eilertsen to follow. SJ, GD [OC]