Production Notes
Magazine segment on North American delegation visiting in Israel: meetings with inhabitants in Israeli towns and Kibbutz, visiting the Ayalon Mall in Ramat Gan and observing the commercial and industrial development in Israel. 1988.
Magazine segments on the life of Hannah Szenes, works of Eliezer Ben Yehuda and the Education and Welfare in Israel. 1988
Magazine segments on the APAI convention in Israel, Hassidic music band in the settlements and the Hadassah Women's Zionist Organization of America in Israel
Presenter: Leah Zinder, Directed by Elliot Rose, Produced by Carl Prackel, Executive Producer: Micha Shagrir
1988
Magazine segments on touristic sites in Israel and interviews with settlers in the Galilee who made an Aliya from North America
Presenter: Leah Zinder, Directed by Elliot Rose, Produced by Carl Prackel, Executive Producer: Micha Shagrir
1988
Magazine segments on Israeli fashion show, art exhibition, touristic sites and education in Israel
Presenter: Leah Zinder, Directed by Elliot Rose, Produced by Carl Prackel, Executive Producer: Micha Shagrir
1988
Description
A TV series of more than 200 episodes that was produced by Castel Films between 1982 and 1986 and was broadcast on cable channels in the U.S. and Canada. Each week for four years, a one-hour episode was broadcast documenting life in Israel from various perspectives on different topics mediating the local news and burning issues of the time to millions of viewers in North America. Apart from breaking new grounds in terms of TV content, it was the first Israeli show to be aired abroad and Hello Jerusalem bridged Israeli audiences and Diaspora Jews. The episodes of the series have become a rare documentation of life in Israel in the 80’s.
Production Details
Produced by Castel Communications: Micha Shagrir, Dan Arazi
