Ralph Benmergui: My Israel

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Ralph Benmergui: My Israel - Episode Five Trailer

May 6th, 2008

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Ralph Benmergui: My Israel - Words from the Director

May 4th, 2008

Tonight’s the night we screen the show for the Toronto Jewish film Festival. I anticipate a sell-out and a good reception. Ralph has been busy all weekend after his personal appearance in Montreal Saturday night and then at the Bloor JCC this afternoon. People are responding very positively to the show and at 53 minutes for the entire journey it flies by. The series will unfold in a different manner… Over three nights starting tomorrow, Monday at 9PM Eastern on Vision TV (Channel 60 in Toronto). My Winnipeg family will be watching it at 8PM and I have no idea what time it’s on in Newfoundland.

Allan Novak

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Ralph Benmergui: My Israel - Scenes from Episode One

April 30th, 2008

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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Ralph Benmergui: My Israel - “It’s a Wrap!”

April 15th, 2008

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

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Welcome to the Ralph Benmergui: My Israel Official Site

April 9th, 2008

Ralph Benmergui: My Israel is a TV show I put together with Seekers Television Inc. and will air on the Vision TV network. The show is done from the point of view of a liberal, religious and Sephardic Jew. I came at this as someone who wants to know, “Can you be a good Jew” and cast a critical eye on how Israel is evolving?

We’re just putting the finishing touches on the last episode of my new series, ‘My Israel’ and I think that we’ve managed to stay true to the original idea. Looking at all the interview footage and layering in original music from renowned jewish music composer David Buchbinder I can almost smell , taste and touch this bewildering country.

We shot this 5 parter fast. 12 days straight in Israel and a couple of shoots here in Toronto. Still it’s about the content so we didn’t have to fill the show with lots of expensive sizzle ie special effects and animations.Someone who was reviewing the series phoned me and said that usually he sees Israel as if he was looking over a wall but this series brought him right in to the living room.
Good, that’s good.

Please check out my videos and blogs here and on my social profiles such as Facebook and YouTube , which are also listed to the right under “My Network”. I will keep you updated as more content is posted.

Lets talk!
be well
rb

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