Israel-based nonprofit Kedma hopes that b’nai mitzvah and wedding celebrations will be more than just parties. Orit Seif, Kedma’s director, created “Marking Milestones,” a customizable volunteer ...

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When young adults leave their homes abroad for a gap year of intensive Judaic studies in Israel, many discover that hands-on learning experiences are among their most memorable and meaningful. Already ...

The War of 1948 as seen in Otto Preminger’s Exodus, Amos Gitaï’s Kedma and Elie Chouraki’s O Jerusalem! The contrast between the ethnic stereotyping exhibited in Exodus and the portrayal of characters ...

Israeli film-maker Amos Gitai is turning to French and Italian finance once again for his next film, Kedma. But he also hopes that the new picture will become the first of his oeuvre to gain official ...

Amos Gitai -- Israel's most prominent filmmaker, as well as one of its most controversial -- was disappointed but not surprised that his latest work, "Kedma," got a cool reception in his native ...