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Category Archives: Yael Katzir
Like Mother, Like Son
I email documentary director Yael Katzir ("Praying in Her Own Voice"): What are the major similarities and differences between your filmmaking technique and Dan‘s? Do you have a favorite movie of his? In which direction do you want him to … Continue reading
Posted in Dan Katzir, Yael Katzir
Tagged artistic skills, documentary director, film school, jewish mother, sense of humor, similarities and differences
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Praying In Her Own Voice
I email the director of this excellent documentary, Yael Katzir (a well-known Israeli filmmaker and college professor): Dear Yael, Did anything strike you in the differences between the Women of the Wall (and their defenders) and their opponents? You interviewed … Continue reading
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Tagged jewish scripture, kotel, male predominance, observant jew, true interest, yael
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An Interview With Yael Katzir, Director Of ‘Praying In Her Own Voice’
1. Why did I choose to make the film For many years I am dealing with topics that concern womens’ role in our society. In 2000 I did a documentary on the role of women in the army – the … Continue reading
Posted in Feminism, Israel, Yael Katzir
Tagged comunities, freedom of expression, israeli women, old city of jerusalem, secular jew, violent women
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A Spiritual Artist Examines ‘Praying In Her Own Voice’
Rabbi Sharon Brous of Ikar begins the movie: "I’ve traveled all over the world and I’ve prayed with talit and tefillin in trains in Japan in airplanes going to Prague and to France and the only place I’m actually scared … Continue reading
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Tagged chief rabbinate, kotel plaza, prayer groups, reading from the torah, temple kol ami, western wall in jerusalem
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‘Praying In Her Own Voice’
Rahel Jaskow writes March 23, 2007: This morning I went to the DocAviv International Documentary Film Festival in Tel Aviv with other members of Women of the Wall to see Praying in Her Own Voice (Hebrew title: Kol be-isha tefilla), … Continue reading →