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Between Two Worlds

Between Two Worlds is a groundbreaking personal exploration of the community and family divisions that are redefining American Jewish identity and politics. The filmmakers' own families are battlegrounds over loyalty to Israel, interpretations of the Holocaust, intermarriage, and a secret communist past. Filmed in the United States and Israel, this first-person documentary begins with a near riot at a Jewish Film Festival in San Francisco, reveals the agonizing battle over divestment from Israel on a university campus, and shows the crackdown on dissent in Israel itself.

"The film's graceful, seamless, thoroughly engaging blend of family and communal history is sure to stimulate thousands of provocative conversations about the challenges of Jewish identity in the post-Holocaust era." Letty Cottin Pogrebin, author and founding Editor, Ms. Magazine

"As you watch [the film], you'll feel compelled to ask whether you have ever pushed facts or questions aside to keep your ideals uncomplicated." -Gershom Gorenberg in The American Prospect

Filmmakers Alan Snitow and Deborah Kaufman in person

Running times are of the films only; most screenings include special guests, discussions, Q+As or panels of about 30 minutes in duration, and we encourage you to plan your schedule accordingly.