Unsafe Spaces: When being Jewish means you don't belong

Everyone knows that Israel is a tough subject, but something has been changing recently. In the past, Jewish students were openly attacked for defending Israel, but now they are being marginalized from progressive spaces just for being Jewish. Dive into this reality by hearing first-hand accounts of what students — and influencers like Blake Flayton, Peter Fox and Julia Jassey — are experiencing today.

Documentary • 2022 • 17 Minutes • ENGLISH W/ENGLISH SUBTITLES

Synopsis

Everyone knows that Israel is a tough subject, but something has been changing recently. In the past, Jewish students were openly attacked for defending Israel but now they are being marginalized from progressive spaces just for being Jewish.

Suddenly groups that are fighting for human rights, civil rights, climate change and other causes no longer want to include Jewish students.

As our lives have moved into digital spaces, so has this marginalization.

Dive into this reality by hearing first-hand accounts of what students — and influencers like Blake Flayton, Peter Fox and Julia Jassey — are experiencing today.

CREDITS

Producer: Shoshana Palatnik, Raphael Shore

Consulting Producers: Micah Smith

Executive Producers: Michael Staenberg, Peter Friedmann, Shmuel Katz, Robert Israel Lappin, z’l, Adam Milstein, Larry A. Mizel, Barry Skolnick, David Coleman, Raphael Shore, Noam Weissman

Editor: Polina Remez

Director: Shoshana Palatnik

Testimonials

"I am absolutely blown away by this video and how relevant it is to us here in South Africa!! ...Our students at KDVP have a strong Zionist identity. We too have many liberal and left-wing students but they all identify with the notion that Israel should be a Jewish State. Many of our students have unfortunately been targeted for their support of Israel, especially on social media. There have been incidents where they have also been targeted at events such as sports matches and cultural festivals, because of their support for Israel...I think this is an absolutely fantastic video and I really look forward to sharing this with my students!"

Keren Munnell

Educator, King David High School, Johannesburg, South Africa

"I think the film is super relevant for our students. It’s a powerful film that I really loved and I really think it hits on all the right points. I will definitely be using it in class with my students."

Damian Weber

Educator, Colegio Hatikva School, Barcelona, Spain

"As on many campuses, we had a lot of these challenges at the University of Rochester this past winter, stemming originally from last May during the conflict with Gaza, as the film notes! It was exactly as the film described it, with the buzzwords of settler colonialism, ethnic cleansing, genocide and apartheid. On our campus, as also mentioned in the film, there were also increasing accusations of Jews as white supremacists, and the idea that the argument that Zionism is a type of antisemitism was in and of itself racist, and silenced Palestinians and other ""students of color"" from sharing their own ideas about Zionism and Jews. Thank you for this important work."

Joy Getnick, PhD

Executive Director, Hillel at the University of Rochester

Unsafe Spaces: When being Jewish means you don't belong

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