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Ralph Benmergui: My Israel - ON AIRMay 7th, 2008 |
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Well, I have to tell you, the response to ‘My Israel‘ has been fantastic. People e-mailing and calling to tell us that they feel like they are seeing the real Israel. We had an edited showing that I screened for people in Montreal and at the Toronto Jewish Film Festival and we’re hoping more groups want to see it and talk afterwards. If you know of any just let us know at ralph@myisraelshow.com
Episode five is airing tonight on Vision TV at 9PM.
Thank you,
rb
Tags: jewish, middle east, middle east crisis, My Israel, palestinian, Ralph Benmergui
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Ralph Benmergui: My Israel - Episode Five TrailerMay 6th, 2008 |
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Tags: arab, Israel, Israeli settlements, jewish, Mizrachi, Morocco, Muslim, Palestine, Ralph Benmergui, vision tv
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Ralph Benmergui: My Israel - Scenes from Episode OneApril 30th, 2008 |
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Well things are heating up as we get ready to premiere the show. There will be articles in the Globe and Mail and a cover of the Starweek Magazine in the Toronto Star as well as some radio and the Canadian Jewish News. On Saturday I’m off to Montreal to talk a group at the Segal Centre. If you live in Montreal I hope you come out, it’s at 9:00 pm.
I’ve already presented the 50 minute version of the show in Toronto and will be back on Sunday to Premiere it at the Toronto Jewish Film Festival at 6:00 pm at the Al Green Theatre.
I hope to be able to go to even more venues both Jewish and not in the future because the conversation is just starting as far as I’m concerned. If you know of anyone who would like to hear more tell me about it.
Here are scenes from episode one, airing Monday the 5th on Vision TV at 9PM.
Shalom
rb
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Posted in Conflict, Episode Scenes, Israeli, Mizrachi, My Israel, OCCUPIED TERRITORIES, Ralph Benmergui, Test Posts, arabic, hamas, intifadah, israeli conflict, jerusalem, jewishist, middle east, muslim arabs, palestinian, radio, television in israel, the wall | 1 Comment »
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My Event at Temple SinaiApril 28th, 2008 |
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We had our first public showing of a condensed version of the show in front of an audience at Temple Sinai, a reform(liberal) synagogue in Toronto.
They seemed enthusiastic even though the material challenged some of their assumptions. We had a Q and A after , some wanted to set me straight and paint a picture in which the traditional positions were fleshed out again. Others wanted to know more about the issues of race and class and security over all other considerations among other topics.
I challenged them to look beyond simple notions of good guys and bad guys and Israel right or wrong because I believe that so many people in the middle east want and need to be seen not as the enemy but as human. I have been attacked at times for being naive. I am not. I am a student of the situation and a believer in the Jewish values of loving the stranger and standing for social justice, not just for the other but for so many in Israel who live in poverty and suffer systemic prejudice. My people Sephardim (arab land Jews for the most part). People were animated and the organizers thanked me even though they were nervous that I would offend some.
All in all a good night.
rb
Tags: Israeli, ISRAELS 6OTH ANNIVERSARY, jewishist, Mizrachi, My Israel, orthodox, Ralph Benmergui, Sephardim, synagogue, Temple Sinai, Toronto, vision tv
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Ralph Benmergui: My Israel - “It’s a Wrap!”April 15th, 2008 |
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We’ve just wrapped the fine cut of our fifth and final episode of ‘My Israel‘ and I have to say I’m going to miss it. I think we achieved a lot of what we set out to do in this series. In classic Jewish style I gave everybody a hard time and asked a lot of the questions I think people want asked.. So many open their hearts to us and we really couldn’t have done it without our Israeli team of Inna and Martin researching and shooting respectively.Now I’ll take excerpts around to groups, all Jewish so far and do some show and tell. I have tried to get to Arab Canadian groups interested but so far it’s a no go. Pity.
be well
rb
Tags: arab, ISRAELS 6OTH ANNIVERSARY, jewish, middle east conflict, Mizrachi, My Israel, orthodox, Palestine, Ralph Benmergui, REFORM, vision tv
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