Documentary

May 29, 2024, 4:03 pm

The AJN readers react to “Never Again: The Fight Against Antisemitism”

The documentary, which tackles issues of alarming rising antisemitism in Australia, saw viewers expressing their thoughts and feelings across The AJN social media platforms.

By Liz Rudenko

May 16, 2024, 8:00 am

Documenting Hamas’s sexual violence

A first responder to the October 7 massacre, Eran Masas, spoke to Sharyn Kolieb about the importance of the documentary Screams Before Silence.

By Sharyn Kolieb

May 9, 2024, 8:00 am

Antisemitism exposed

The one-hour documentary, to air on Sky News at 7pm, examines the alarming rise of antisemitism in Australia and its impact on our country and our democracy.

By AJN STAFF

Participants of a Free Palestine rally react outside the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Monday, October 9, 2023. Photo: AAP Image/Dean Lewins

February 15, 2024, 12:27 pm

New October 9 doco

"These were Mujahideen on the streets of Sydney," Jewish Sydneysider Daniel Lewkovitz, who is producing the documentary Where's the Jews? told Sky News Outsiders on Sunday.

By AJN STAFF

Director Steven Spielberg expresses shock at the atrocities of Hamas terrorists against the Jewish people on October 7 in announcing a project to document its horrors (The Times of Israel: Screenshot: Fox News, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

December 11, 2023, 2:30 pm

Spielberg launches new project to document ‘unspeakable barbarity’ of October 7

Over 130 testimonies gathered so far from survivors of Hamas massacre to add to USC Shoah Foundation’s collection of Holocaust survivor and witness testimony.

By TOI STAFF

Mahjong is played throughout the Middle East and Asia.

November 28, 2023, 7:23 am

Sephardi Jews from Baghdad to Sydney

The film's title represents the mishmash of culture, Asian and Iraqi, in which Saul grew up.

By Carol Saffer

Deutsche Welle journalist Ayman Al Aloul discusses how he was intimidated in Eyeless in Gaza. Photo: Screenshot

November 2, 2023, 2:15 pm

How Hamas manipulates the media in Gaza

"Our movie presents the history of the area, the nature of Hamas, the inaccuracies of the media. We interview Hamas leaders, western military spokesmen, Middle eastern politicians, leading journalists."

By AJN STAFF

September 11, 2023, 6:53 am

Jewish-themed documentaries on your TV

This series, clocking in at six hours, is a detailed patchwork of archival footage cut with interviews with historians and survivors, all held together by Burns’ regular narrator Peter Coyote. It’s unmissable television at its very finest.

By Erin Rosenberg

Esther Wise (centre) at the premier screening of her documentary "Never Forget" with her daughters Ruth Shafir and Brenda Ross.

July 27, 2023, 10:51 am

Survivor’s story becomes part of VCE curriculum

She tore up every photo, identification card and anything else she had into tiny pieces and put it in the toilet of the train she was on in France. But she kept the yellow star she had to wear during the war in France, showing that she was "juif" (a Jew).

By Mia Gardiner

From left: Gali Brooks, Rosemary Kariuki and Ashley Feldman at the screening of Rosemary's Way at the Classic Cinemas in Melbourne.

July 23, 2023, 6:54 am

Addressing loneliness and isolation

"Refugees often arrive in a new country without family or friends, lacking ties or connections, unfamiliar with the culture and bureaucracy, sometimes unable to understand the language and burdened by post-traumatic experiences."

By AJN STAFF

July 11, 2023, 7:27 am

Jewish-themed titles now on DocPlay

There’s Jewish-themed films to last the whole of winter: so pour the Manischewitz, settle in, and hit play.

By Erin Rosenberg

July 2, 2023, 7:10 am

Documentary explores the journey of finding Jewish love

For Ben-Moshe, he’s hoping to cut through the noise of dating for Jews, especially given it is such a loaded topic due to fears around assimilation.

By Jessica Abelsohn

May 30, 2023, 7:17 am

A ‘globetrotting excavation’

Why are we still so obsessed with Hitler? The Meaning of Hitler is an unconventional new documentary that leaves the answer just out of reach. Andrew Lapin reviews the film.

By Andrew Lapin

Photo: Myron Sugerman/Impossible Media LLC

May 15, 2023, 6:45 am

The wild life of Myron Sugerman

In his heyday, Sugie cavorted with the legendary mobster Meyer Lansky, as well as some other bold-faced names who made their money a little more honestly...

By Lana Schwartz

May 8, 2023, 12:59 pm

The story of antisemitism in four parts

A new documentary, showing on Docplay, chronicles the history of antisemitism, from its origins to the 'new faces'.

By AJN STAFF