The 35th Boston Jewish Film Festival unfolds against the horrors of the Israel-Hamas war.
The 35th Boston Jewish Film Festival unfolds against the horrors of the Israel-Hamas war.
Artistic Director Lisa Gossels noted, “I am profoundly sad that Lior Waitzman, the sound editor and mixer for our @mtvdocs film ‘Mourning in Lod’ was killed October 8th. Lior lived near the Gaza border, killed while riding his bicycle. He was deeply committed in his work, dedicated and professional. May his memory be a blessing.”
“Mourning in Lod” is a documentary set in the Israeli city where Jews and Arabs live under strained circumstances, where in May 2021 the death of Musa, an Arab, led to the death of Yigal, a Jew whose family donated his kidney to a Christian Arab in East Jerusalem. Can these three families move from anger and grief to forgiveness?
The continuing conflict in the Middle East inevitably forms a backdrop to this annual Boston celebration of Jewish culture and its people.
