Filmmaker revisits life on Israeli collective farm.

From: Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA) | Date: April 15, 2004 | Copyright information

Byline: Carrie Rickey

PHILADELPHIA _ The extended-family picture tells the story _ five generations on an Israeli moshav, or collective farm, founded by their ancestors more than 70 years ago. "Where else among Jews do you see five generations together?" asks Eran Preis, filmmaker and Temple University professor, alluding to how the Holocaust ripped branches and axed trunks from so many Jewish family trees.

Along with collaborator Ken Winikur, a Fulbright scho...

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