Feature Length Documentary
2023
Roles: Outreach Coordinator, Social Media Producer
Israelism
Trailer
Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, Official Selection
Arizona International Film Festival, Best Documentary
Brooklyn Film Festival, Spirit Award
San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, Audience Award for Best Documentary
Tallgrass Film Festival, Best Documentary Feature
Chicago Palestine Film Festival, Official Selection
CPH:DOX, Official Selection
Slamdance Indie Awards, Nominated for Best Documentary Feature
Telly Award, For Social Responsibility
Select Festivals & Awards
The critically acclaimed feature-length documentary ‘Israelism’ investigates a movement of young American Jews who are campaigning to redefine Judaism’s relationship with Israel.
At the heart of the documentary are Simone Zimmerman, who grew up in Los Angeles and visited Israel on an exchange programme; and fellow American Eitan, who joins the Israeli military after graduating high school. Simone and Eitan are raised to defend the state of Israel at all costs but their lives are changed when they witness the mistreatment of Palestinians with their own eyes.
Their stories reveal a generational divide in the American Jewish community as more young Jews question the narratives their synagogues and Hebrew school teachers gave them as children.
Synopsis
"Please give this powerful documentary a watch. Israelism is illuminating."
-Mark Ruffalo
"If you want to understand the generational rift over Israel... Israelism is a good place to start."
-Michelle Golberg for The New York Times
"Israelism is very powerful."
-Mehdi Hasan
"Israelism is such an important film. You get to see people actually change their minds."
- Naomi Klein
"Israelism is the most important documentary I've watched in years. Perhaps ever."
-Macklemore