Amy Stone
Jewish and Muslim women come together in conversation.
A Jewish-Muslim Solidarity Group Faces a Fractured Moment
Author: Amy Stone
Whoopi Goldberg in the Garden of the Finzi-Continis
Amy Stone
The Finzi-Contini enchanted garden doesn’t even give them the protection of a ghetto. They are rounded up and shipped out along with the lower-class Jews they disdained.
Your Frankly Feminist Guide to DOC-NYC
Amy Stone
It’s hard to imagine a male filmmaker admitting terror. It seems natural for a woman.
Back to the Movies – A Film Festival’s Cautionary Tales
Amy Stone
At this year’s festival, remorse and regret seep from the screen.
Abortion or Death
Amy Stone
Decades later, at a Jewish symposium on abortion, a male leader self-righteously intoned, “Abortion is never an easy decision.” He’d obviously never been there.
Seder-Masochism: Beyond the Orange and Miriam’s Cup
Amy Stone
By now these items are standard fare at a feminist seder – the once transgressive orange on the Seder Plate; Miriam’s cup of clear, life-giving water next to Elijah’s cup… Read more »
“The Occupation is a Worse Virus,” and More from The Other Israel Film Festival
Amy Stone
Carole Zabar’s founding vision was a film festival showing the “Other Israel” – minorities, women, Palestinians not part of the Zionist dream or Israel propaganda.
Rachel Cowan’s Last Year– ‘Dying Doesn’t Feel Like What I’m Doing’
Amy Stone
A loving friend and filmmaker recorded the last 15 months in the life of mindfulness teacher and rabbi Rachel Cowan.
Return to the Garden of the Finzi-Continis
Amy Stone
Approaching an old love after almost 50 years is fraught.
Women’s Narratives on Film Create Something Far from a Feel-Good Zionist Experience
Amy Stone
Over the eight days of the Other Israel Film Festival, we kept seeing multiple generations of women using whatever tactics work to push for change.