Films educate students on Israeli lifestyles
By: Amanda Munsie
Issue date: 11/11/07 Section: On Campus
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Eric Merin, co-chair for Israel programming for JSU, helped bring this film to campus with the encouragement of the Hillel directors.
"It was important to be able to show people the human side of the Israel army," said Merin, a sophomore government and politics and communication major.
The movie depicted the Israeli soldiers in a light that made them relatable, especially to students here who are of the same age as those entering the army.
After the film, there was a question and answer session with director Maital Guttman.
"We asked her what the most surprising thing she learned was," Merin said. "She told us that instead of worrying about the actual fighting in the army, the kids were worried about making friends, almost as if they were going to college just like us."
Another film, "Dear Mr. Waldman," was screened at the Hoff Theatre Nov. 1 as part of an Israeli film series on the topic of "Immigrant Dreams/Israeli Realities: Films on Conflicted Identities." The film is an autobiographical work of Israeli writer-director Hanan Peled and portrays one family's struggle in the 1960s to start a new life in Israel and overcome their grief and loss from the Holocaust.
Currently, the Landmark Bethesda Row Cinema in Bethesda, Md., is playing the popular Israeli movie The Bubble, which was released in Israel in 2006 under the name Ha Buah.
This film portrays a group of young friends in a trendy neighborhood in Tel Aviv, depicts the difficulties of being a teenager in modern-day Israel and displays how befriending a Palestinian can be life altering in more ways than one.
"It was important to be able to show people the human side of the Israel army," said Merin, a sophomore government and politics and communication major.
The movie depicted the Israeli soldiers in a light that made them relatable, especially to students here who are of the same age as those entering the army.
After the film, there was a question and answer session with director Maital Guttman.
"We asked her what the most surprising thing she learned was," Merin said. "She told us that instead of worrying about the actual fighting in the army, the kids were worried about making friends, almost as if they were going to college just like us."
Another film, "Dear Mr. Waldman," was screened at the Hoff Theatre Nov. 1 as part of an Israeli film series on the topic of "Immigrant Dreams/Israeli Realities: Films on Conflicted Identities." The film is an autobiographical work of Israeli writer-director Hanan Peled and portrays one family's struggle in the 1960s to start a new life in Israel and overcome their grief and loss from the Holocaust.
Currently, the Landmark Bethesda Row Cinema in Bethesda, Md., is playing the popular Israeli movie The Bubble, which was released in Israel in 2006 under the name Ha Buah.
This film portrays a group of young friends in a trendy neighborhood in Tel Aviv, depicts the difficulties of being a teenager in modern-day Israel and displays how befriending a Palestinian can be life altering in more ways than one.
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