The ruins of Lifta : where the Holocaust and Nakba meet / produced, written and directed by Menachem Daum and Oren Rudavsky.

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"Lifta is the only Arab village abandoned in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war that has not been completely destroyed or repopulated by Jews. Its ruins are now threatened by an Israeli development plan that would convert it into an upscale Jewish neighborhood. Discovering that his parents' Holocaust experie...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	First-Run Features (Firm) (Film distributor)
Other Authors:	Daum, Menachem (Film director, Film producer, Screenwriter) Rudavsky, Oren (Film director, Film producer, Screenwriter)
Language:	English Hebrew Arabic
Language of the Original:	Hebrew Arabic
Language and/or Writing System:	In English. Some dialog in Hebrew or Arabic with English subtitles.
Published:	New York, NY : First Run Features, 2016.
Subjects:	Jewish-Arab relations. Arab-Israeli conflict. Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949. Lifta (Israel) > History. Documentary films. Nonfiction films.
Genre:	Documentary films. Nonfiction films.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (77 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:	Where the Holocaust and Nakba meet Where the Holocaust and the Palestinian Exile meet
Format:	Video DVD

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Summary:	"Lifta is the only Arab village abandoned in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war that has not been completely destroyed or repopulated by Jews. Its ruins are now threatened by an Israeli development plan that would convert it into an upscale Jewish neighborhood. Discovering that his parents' Holocaust experiences may have distorted his views of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Menachem--the filmmaker and an Orthodox Jew from Brooklyn--sets out to establish a personal relationship with a Palestinian."--Container.
Call Number:	DS119.76 .R85 2016 VideoDVD
Credits:	Editor, Nick August-Perna ; music, Clare and Olivier Manchon.
System Details:	DVD.