Amy Kronish

Film Consultant

Travels from Jerusalem, Israel

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Website: www.israelfilm.Blogspot.com

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Amy Kronish works as a consultant in the field of Jewish and Israeli film and curates film programs for Beit Avi Chai in Jerusalem.  Previously, she directed coexistence programs at the Jerusalem International YMCA and served for 15 years as the Curator of Jewish and Israeli Film at the Jerusalem Cinematheque.  She lectures and writes widely on film and is the author of two books on Israeli film – "World Cinema: Israel" (1996) and "Israeli Film – A Reference Guide" (2003). Born and bred in the United States, she has an M.A. in Communications from N.Y.U. (1973), and has lived in Jerusalem since 1979.

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