Bernard Dichek

Canadian born and bred Bernard Dichek writes about film, social issues, business and international development. He currently is making a documentary about Israeli development projects in Africa. A previous film The Kalusz I Thought I Knew about his father's hometown in Galicia has been shown at film festivals around the world.

‘The Syrian Patient’ documents the warm bond that develops between Dr. Eyal Sela and Majid, a wounded Syrian treated in an Israeli hospital

Behind the headlines

Acclaimed Israeli singer Oshi

Culture report: roots of success

Col. Stefan Leonhard provides a tour of the Bad Reichenhall military base that housed 6,000 Jewish refugees in the years after World War II

A place of hope


The power of soccer

Can the popular sport be leveraged to resolve conflict?

An Israeli youngster passes the ball to a child from an African asylum-seeking family; in the Inter Campus soccer program, Israelis, Palestinians and Africans are all teammates

Scenes from an Israeli marriage: ‘Foxtrot’ wins best film, Ophir Awards

In developing the character of Ya’ara, Koler says that she often tried to think about her own fears when confronting situations that were “outside her comfort zone.”

Gili (Udi Razzin) and Ya’ara (Noa Koler) scout the location where they plan to build their dream home in the Galilee countryside.

Israeli documentary cinema aims to go global

Israeli filmmakers present their proposals at CoPro, an annual fundraising event.

Nir Baram interviews a resident of the Palestinian village of Balata during the filming of ‘The Land Beyond the Mountains,’ a documentary that illustrates the lack of dialogue between ordinary Israelis and Palestinians

L’école de l’espoir

Un centre d’études pour migrants africains tente de renverser le cours de la fatalité

Des réfugiés à l'issue de leur cursus au sein de SchoolHouse

A school for migrants in Tel Aviv

The Schoolhouse in South Tel Aviv aims to provide skills migrants can take with them anywhere in the world.

The Schoolhouse in South Tel Aviv

Art that isn’t what you’d expect

An exhibit at the Tel Aviv Museum showcases the works of African artists and that of Israeli artists who deal with the continent.

Filmed in Nigeria with local actors, Luciana Kaplun’s 2016 film ‘Who Is Atallah Abdul Rahman el Shaul?’ satirizes Israeli attempts to transplant Zionist models of patriotism and nationalism to Africa

How would you like your grasshopper?

Israeli food and agriculture start-ups are improving the quality and quantity of food available in both the developed and developing worlds.

Grasshoppers

Quand Israël veut nourrir le monde

L’innovation blanc bleu a déjà fait ses preuves dans un grand nombre de domaines

Cultiver de la nourriture toute l'année avec le système hydroponique

Une histoire de fous ou comment filmer le quotidien des aliénés mentaux

Un documentaire étonnant jette un regard singulier sur la vie dans un établissement psychiatrique

L’assistante sociale Nati Ardan avec Avraham Farchi

Commentary through storytelling

Two filmmakers use starkly contrasting approaches to deal with contemporary social and political issues.

With his parents divided over whether he should be circumcised prior to his bar mitzva, 12-year-old Simon decides to take matters into his own hands