Shai Ginsburg

Shai Ginsburg teaches Israeli culture at Duke University, North Carolina. He has published articles on Israeli literature, culture and history. He formerly reviewed films for Tikkun.

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In Search of Anti-Semitism

Yoav Shamir’s 2009 documentary Defamation is the one must-see film at this years’ San Francisco…

Jewish Film Festival Diary, Week 2

The recent stream of successful Israeli features—The Band’s Visit, Waltz with Bashir, and Beaufort, to…

Jewish Film Festival Diary (Updated)

The San Francisco Jewish Film Festival requires little introduction. Now in its twenty-ninth year, the…

Mirror to the Crisis: Israeli Media

Whenever I return to Israel, I always make a point of listening to local talk…

The State of Utopia

It is difficult to believe that three weeks ago the main news item in Israel…

The Sounds of Citizenship

In his film Voices from El-Sayed, Oded Adomi Leshem tackles the often-neglected issue of Israel’s…

Justifying the Holocaust

Whether it be in the US, Europe, or Israel, filmmakers are demonstrating a renewed interest…

Ari Folman’s Waltz with Bashir

It is difficult to categorize Ari Folman ’s extraordinary film Waltz with Bashir: a cinematic…