Yoav Potash

Now streaming on @AppleTV and @PrimeVideo: amongneighbors.com/seethefilm

Among Neighbors just won a Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award from @Kennedy_HRC. Launched in 1969, the RFK Journalism Awards honor work that explores human rights, social justice, and the power of individual action -- the most prestigious award the film has received to date.

@HenMazzig Thanks for speaking up on behalf of my film @amongneighbors! I appreciate your voice and support, and hope you get to see the film.

A documentary about the murder of five Jews in a Polish town is being threatened with a ban in Poland. "Among Neighbors", from California-based filmmaker Yoav Potash, tells the story of Jewish Holocaust survivors returning home to Gniewoszów, only to be killed by their Polish neighbors. Since premiering at the Warsaw Jewish Film Festival in November 2024, "Among Neighbors" has been screened in six countries and qualified for Academy Award consideration. But its release on TVP, the Polish public broadcaster, has prompted uproar from right-wing politicians and a national investigation. A story not fitting the narrative someone wants does not make it less true. Jewish suffering existed before and after the Holocaust, and that cannot be denied.

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LA Premiere of my new film @amongneighbors this coming Monday! Come see it or tell your LA friends!

Thanks to an important new grant from @SFJewishFilm my film is in @Variety variety.com/2023/film/fest… Thanks also @jstorypartners @HolocaustJFCS @ClaimsCon @KoretFoundation @TaubePhilanthro @TheJDC

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@SameBrandon @scottEmovienerd Alopecia is not a disability. It’s an immune system reaction that causes patchy hair loss. It sucks, esp as a female, but it’s often treatable, and definitely not a fatal disease or disability. Rock shouldn’t have made the joke if he knew but it didn’t justify Will’s actions

@deliberatedtalk I agree: his violence was not and is not justifiable.

Chris Rock’s joke was in bad taste but Will Smith’s reaction was way outta line. Smith took the low road & clearly has personal work to do. His speech later was very moving but his apology was to the Academy, not to Chris Rock. And not to the world who saw him normalize violence.

Just posted a photo @ Hollywood Legion Theater instagram.com/p/CXWnwUZPoKS/…

We are delighted to announce our fall 2021 grantees — a broad-ranging slate of astonishing and original Jewish stories. Read more, from @Variety's @MattDonnelly. #JewishStoryPartners variety.com/2021/film/news…

@jstorypartners @Variety @MattDonnelly So proud to have our project LOVE, MURDER AND MIRACLES in this group of films and filmmakers. Thank you @jstorypartners

I'm proud to share that my film LOVE, MURDER AND MIRACLES is a @jstorypartners grantee! Read about the funded projects & how #JewishStoryPartners is supporting independent filmmaking that expands the boundaries of imagination & discourse, via @Variety bit.ly/JSPNov2021

A bill directly inspired by my film @CrimeAfterCrime is now LAW. Thanks to @SenatorLorettaW, Debbie's lawyers & family. Now NJ joins California, NY, & Illinois in giving incarcerated survivors of abuse a path to freedom & justice. Four states down, 46 to go.

Just posted a photo instagram.com/p/CVRLlieJZW4/…

@melenar Thanks for your important article on abuse survivors. Thought you might want to see this: amazon.com/Crime-After-De…

A new film tells the story of domestic violence survivors who were imprisoned for killing their abusers. It also helped one get out. nyti.ms/3pItCUb

@jewishsf And thanks to @HolocaustMuseum for the archival footage.

Bay Area filmmaker @YoavPotash's new short film includes rare footage of prewar Jewish life in Europe and music from Saul Goodman's Klezmer Band. The film pays tribute to the Ukrainian ethnomusicologist Moshe Beregovsky. youtube.com/watch?v=6QH_oZ…

@jewishsf Thank you @jewishsf @SFJewishFilm @TaubePhilanthro

@ClaimsCon Thanks @ClaimsCon for your work and support!

This short film by @YoavPotash, a Claims Conference film grantee, premiered #YomHashoah2021 and combines a live performance with rare archival footage of prewar Jewish life in Europe. Moshe Beregovsky saved 100s of songs from the #Holocaust. #NeverForget youtube.com/watch?v=6QH_oZ…