Undoing Indoctrination: A Conversation About "Israelism" with Erin Axelman and Sam Eilertsen

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Erin Axelman is a queer Jewish filmmaker, based out of Somerville, MA. Israelism is their directorial debut. Erin and Sam Eilertsen founded Tikkun Olam Productions, a nonprofit filmmaking collective that focuses on documenting and supporting movements for justice. Erin has produced videos for Senator Ed Markey, as well as Congressman Jamaal Bowman.

Sam Eilertsen worked for a decade as a cinematographer and editor on narrative and documentary projects before directing Israelism, which is also his directorial debut. He is also directing the upcoming documentary Generation on Fire, which follows the youth climate movement, and Vs Goliath, a documentary series on frontline environmental justice activists, which was selected for the prestigious CNN/Film Independent 2023 Docuseries Intensive.

Hadar Cohen is an Arab Jewish scholar, mystic and artist. She teaches spirituality and Jewish mysticism at Malchut, a spiritual skill building school teaching direct experience of God. Hadar is a Jewish mystic who builds decolonial frameworks to worship God. Hadar is an artist weaving the spiritual with the political through the artistic mediums of performance, movement, writing, weaving, sound, and ritual. To learn more about Hadar, visit hadarcohen.me // @hadarcohen32 To study at her mystical school, check out malchut.one. Subscribe to her Substack to stay tuned to latest episodes and offerings hadarcohen.substack.com