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Deborah Kaufman was the founding director of the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival. She is also an award-winning documentary filmmaker and a member of the Documentary Branch of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences.

A scene from "No Other Land," which won best documentary at the 2025 Academy Awards.
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Attempts to censor films about Israel are nothing new — but they can be stopped

Deborah Kaufman (Photo/Courtesy) by Deborah Kaufman March 21, 2025March 21, 2025

I felt like time was running backward when I heard that Steven Meiner, the Jewish mayor of Miami Beach, wanted to cut funding to the popular nonprofit O Cinema if […]

Jonathan Glazer, winner of the Best International Feature Film award for “The Zone of Interest”, onstage in the press room at the 96th Annual Academy Awards at Ovation Hollywood on March 10, 2024 in Hollywood, California. (Photo/JTA-Jeff Kravitz-FilmMagic)
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I wasn’t surprised that Jonathan Glazer’s Oscars speech ignited hysteria

Deborah Kaufman (Photo/Courtesy) by Deborah Kaufman March 18, 2024March 18, 2024
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Intense response to documentary on culture wars

Deborah Kaufman (Photo/Courtesy) by Deborah Kaufman March 30, 2012March 14, 2024

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