Documentary

What to watch in Israel this week: Lansky’s Zionism, E.T. on Disney+, and the James Bond curse

TV Time: A new KAN documentary explores Meyer Lansky’s criminal empire, Jewish identity, and surprising ties to Israel, alongside reviews of new streaming additions including E.T. and Ian Fleming.

JEWISH AMERICAN mobster Meyer Lansky in ‘Lansky – the Zionist Gangster.’
‘THE SIXTEENTH SHEEP’ reunion shows (from left) Yoni Rechter, Gidi Gov, Yehudit Ravitz, and David Broza.

‘The Sixteenth Sheep’ documentary celebrates reunion of a musical supergroup

‘THE SIXTEENTH SHEEP’ reunion shows (from left) Yoni Rechter, Gidi Gov, Yehudit Ravitz, and David Broza.

DocuText returns to Jerusalem with documentaries on October 7, Israeli culture, and Jewish identity

Night Work (see Saturday).

Jerusalem highlights: August 14-20


The Wedding Plan is a light-hearted comedy, Protection series offers suspenseful drama

TV week in Israeli culture

 MODERN ISRAELI comedy, ‘The Wedding Plan.’

Docaviv Galilee showing the best of documentary cinema

This year’s edition will feature about 20 movies by leading filmmakers from Israel, including premieres as well as a rich selection of the best documentary cinema from the past year.

 ‘BETTER DAYS’

'We Will Dance Again': Documentary on Nova music festival massacre nominated for PGA award

The documentary retells the murder, abduction and violence inflicted by Hamas as they invaded southern Israel on October 7, 2023.

 Israelis visit the site of the Supernova music festival massacre in southern Israel, during the the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah, October 24, 2024.

Israeli documentary ‘Outsider. Freud’ looks at the life of a genius

Qedar said the film will be shown on January 9 in the Freud Museum in Vienna. “That will be a very powerful night, like a séance. I’m very curious how the film will be accepted.”

 YAIR QEDAR.

The challenge for Jewish and Israeli film festivals in the movie industry

One thing is certain: Audiences are eager to see these diverse stories of Jewish life from Israel and around the world.

A SCENE FROM ‘The Other’ by Joy Sela, which opened the Other Israel Film Festival.

New documentary explores Joe Lieberman's life

US Jewish political giant documentary set to debut next week in Jerusalem

 JOE LIEBERMAN at the 2000 Democratic Convention.

New documentary follows new attempt to find legendary hoard of Inca emperor Atahualpa

Jorge Anhalzer's team discovered an ancient Inca road matching Valverde's map, possibly leading to the lost treasure.

 Ziplining over a dangerous waterfall in Ecuador's Banos Canyon.

This year’s Anthropological Film Festival unveils more glimpses of the world about us

Since its founding, the festival has paired screenings with lectures by academics from a relevant field, or discussions by learned experts on the subject matter.

 Scene from 'Forest'

Powerful new documentary uncovers the ‘Untold Story of Iraq’s Jews’

New Documentary “The Long Journey Home : The Untold Story of Iraq’s Jews” Brings Untold Stories of a Vanishing Community to the Screen.


Son, grandson of Auschwitz commander Rudolf Höss battle demons in new documentary

Kai Höss and his 87-year-old father, Hans Jürgen Höss, recently confronted their family's legacy by participating in the 2024 documentary "The Commandant's Shadow."

 Execution platform in Auschwitz where Rudolf Höss was hanged in 1947.