Documentary

Remembering Haim Yavin, the voice that defined Israeli television news

A personal remembrance of Haim Yavin, whose calm authority, historic “mahapach” broadcast, and commitment to independent journalism shaped Israeli television news.

Israeli television anchor and documentary filmmaker Haim Yavin attends a debate organized by the Hebrew University in Jerusalem on March 06, 2013.
US Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) speaks to reporters, as members of Congress work to resolve a dispute over immigration enforcement and avert a looming partial government shutdown, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, January 30, 2026.

Kushner, Witkoff unable to handle Iran due to conflict of interest, Graham said - report

NOGA EREZ performs at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv, last year.

'Crazy, moving': Noga Erez documentary charts music star's rise through tragedy and triumph

‘ALL I HAD WAS NOTHINGNESS’

What to watch this week: The story behind ‘Shoah,’ the end of ‘The Bear,’ and a riveting ‘Betrayal’


Nova massacre documentary We Will Dance Again wins an Emmy

The harrowing documentary tells the story of the massacre through interviews with survivors and through video and audio clips made by the victims, survivors, and terrorists themselves.

 Keshet Casarotti-Kalfa was killed at the Nova Music Festival, and his story is one of those told in the documentary, We Will Dance Again

New doc tells story of Holocaust survivor, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Elie Wiesel

An Elie Wiesel documentary presents a compelling portrait of a Holocaust survivor who bore witness.

 IMAGES FROM the documentary ‘Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire.’

Her mother, the architect: Documentary on Ada Karmi-Melamede

Yael Melamade interviews the designer of the Supreme Court building in Jerusalem – her mom.

 THE FOYER of the Supreme Court building in Jerusalem.

A little-known Jewish tragedy is told in new film

A new docu-drama focuses on the 2,000 Jewish children who were seized by order of King Joao II of Portugal in 1493.

 A SCENE from ‘The 2,000 Kidnapped Jewish Children.’

Marcel Ophuls, French Jewish director of ‘The Sorrow and the Pity,’ dies at 97

Ophuls had spent the last years of his life trying to raise the money to complete a new documentary that would have critically explored Israel and Zionism.

Marcel Ophuls poses for a portrait in the 1990s in New York City, New York.

Jerusalem highlights: May 23-29

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

 Uri Shafir, ‘The Waiting Hollow’

Docaviv Film Festival looks at the truth behind the turmoil

The 27th Tel Aviv International Documentary Film Festival will present films that look deeply at the current situation, as well as movies on a diverse range of subjects.

 Docaviv features: ‘One to One: John and Yoko.’

Chicago theater cancels screening of post-Oct 7 documentary, citing community ‘safety, well-being'

The theater announced the decision in a since-deleted post on Instagram that night that began with the sentence, “We are firmly not an antisemitic organization.”

 Kosha Dillz, the Jewish rapper whose campus antisemitism documentary screening was cancelled in Chicago.

New doc ‘Hurricane in Malmo’ looks at Eden Golan's Eurovision experience

Documentary about Eden Golan competing in the contest in Sweden last year.

 Eden Golan in ‘Hurricane in Malmo.’

Nova festival massacre documentary ‘We Will Dance Again’ to receive honorary Emmy

The film has also been nominated for an Emmy in two categories: Outstanding Current Affairs Documentary and Outstanding Editing – Documentary.

 YARIV MOZER, director of ‘We Will Dance Again’ with some of the survivors of the Supernova music festival.