OpenDor Media, formerly Jerusalem U, is a non-profit organization dedicated to film-based Jewish and Israel education. OpenDor Media produces feature-length films, short videos, social media content and educational resources. [1] [2]
OpenDor Media’s content is distributed via the internet, social media, television, grassroots campaigns, live events and educational partnerships. Since its founding in 2009, OpenDor Media has partnered with approximately 1800 organizations, schools, camps, and campus groups including Jewish Federation chapters, Jewish Community Relations Councils, Jewish National Fund, Hillel chapters and others. [3]
Unpacked is a brand created by OpenDor Media for young people to address issues related to Israel and Judaism. [4] Publishing on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook and TikTok, it features videos and podcasts [5] on Jewish and Israeli history, antisemitism, and the Holocaust, explainers on a variety of topics. [6]
Unpacked for Educators is a website that features content created by Unpacked packaged for educators along with resources and materials. [7] [8] It runs a collaborative program for educators to network, develop skills, and gather material. [9] [10] OpenDor Media conducted a study in 2020 to research the impact that videos and social media have on Jewish education. [11]
OpenDor Media has produced multiple critically acclaimed feature documentary films, Israel Inside: How a Small Nation Makes a Big Difference and Crossing the Line: The Intifada Comes to Campus. Israel Inside was seen by millions of people on PBS, Comcast on Demand, El Al flights and screened more than 400 times in 28 countries. [12]
Imagination Productions, Inc., which operates under OpenDor Media (formerly JerusalemU), is a US registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. [28] Founded in 2007, they have offices in Jerusalem, New York and Philadelphia. The organization is headed by founder and Executive Chairman Raphael Shore, CEO Andrew Savage, [29] [30] and EVP Noam Weissman. [31] Former leadership includes president, Amy Holtz and Executive Vice President Eli Ovits. [32]
Founder Raphael Shore, studied film at the University of Toronto. Shore produced the critically acclaimed PBS film, Israel Inside: How a Small Nation Makes a Big Difference, the 2010 documentary Crossing the Line: The Intifada Comes to Campus, [33] and Beneath the Helmet: From High School to the Home Front. [34]
As Jerusalem U, OpenDor Media produced five film mini-series: Israel Inside/Out, [35] [36] Habits of Happiness: Positive Psychology & Judaism, [37] [38] Judaism 101, [39] Cinema: The Jewish Lens [40] and The Israel Course. [41] They also created JU Max, which was a ten-week interactive, online course for college students. [42] [43]
OpenDor Media, formerly Jerusalem U, is a non-profit organization dedicated to film-based Jewish and Israel education. OpenDor Media produces feature-length films, short videos, social media content and educational resources. [1] [2]
OpenDor Media’s content is distributed via the internet, social media, television, grassroots campaigns, live events and educational partnerships. Since its founding in 2009, OpenDor Media has partnered with approximately 1800 organizations, schools, camps, and campus groups including Jewish Federation chapters, Jewish Community Relations Councils, Jewish National Fund, Hillel chapters and others. [3]
Unpacked is a brand created by OpenDor Media for young people to address issues related to Israel and Judaism. [4] Publishing on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook and TikTok, it features videos and podcasts [5] on Jewish and Israeli history, antisemitism, and the Holocaust, explainers on a variety of topics. [6]
Unpacked for Educators is a website that features content created by Unpacked packaged for educators along with resources and materials. [7] [8] It runs a collaborative program for educators to network, develop skills, and gather material. [9] [10] OpenDor Media conducted a study in 2020 to research the impact that videos and social media have on Jewish education. [11]
OpenDor Media has produced multiple critically acclaimed feature documentary films, Israel Inside: How a Small Nation Makes a Big Difference and Crossing the Line: The Intifada Comes to Campus. Israel Inside was seen by millions of people on PBS, Comcast on Demand, El Al flights and screened more than 400 times in 28 countries. [12]
Imagination Productions, Inc., which operates under OpenDor Media (formerly JerusalemU), is a US registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. [28] Founded in 2007, they have offices in Jerusalem, New York and Philadelphia. The organization is headed by founder and Executive Chairman Raphael Shore, CEO Andrew Savage, [29] [30] and EVP Noam Weissman. [31] Former leadership includes president, Amy Holtz and Executive Vice President Eli Ovits. [32]
Founder Raphael Shore, studied film at the University of Toronto. Shore produced the critically acclaimed PBS film, Israel Inside: How a Small Nation Makes a Big Difference, the 2010 documentary Crossing the Line: The Intifada Comes to Campus, [33] and Beneath the Helmet: From High School to the Home Front. [34]
As Jerusalem U, OpenDor Media produced five film mini-series: Israel Inside/Out, [35] [36] Habits of Happiness: Positive Psychology & Judaism, [37] [38] Judaism 101, [39] Cinema: The Jewish Lens [40] and The Israel Course. [41] They also created JU Max, which was a ten-week interactive, online course for college students. [42] [43]