Holy Land: A Documentary Film About the West Bank

A project in New York, NY by Peter Cohn
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Three Israelis. Three Palestinians. A Year in the West Bank.
Backers: 123
Average Pledge Per Backer: $163

Funded: $20,100 of $20,000
Dates: Feb 26th -> Mar 28th (30 days)
Project By: Peter Cohn
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Thanks to all

March 27th - via: kickstarter.com
As of 11:37 PM 122 backers total amount pledged: $20,075 average pledge amount: $164 There are many of you that I don't know.   I hope we can correct that. To my friends, of 30 years or a few months, I'm lucky to know you. My family has totally... (Read More)

A Good Night, 12 Hours to Go

March 27th - via: kickstarter.com
I woke up (early) to great news.   Generous people I had never met helped our campaign with an extremely generous gift.   Many other strangers have joined us in recent days.   And with 12 hours to go, we're at 92% of goal.   I'm so grateful to... (Read More)

90 Backers, 86% Funded, 29 Hours to Go

March 26th - via: kickstarter.com
Friends:  Our Israeli translator Eli Romanovsky took time out from pesach to answer my question in Update #7 about the song that was being sung at Rabbi Froman's funeral.  I found it moving and imagined that the mourners were singing deeply... (Read More)

Climaxes, denouements and religious holidays

March 25th - via: kickstarter.com
Friends: I would like to share a scene from the film with you.  It's raw footage, a straight excerpt of our recent filming of the funeral of Rabbi Menachem Froman in Tekoa on March 5.  Froman was a great man and is the spiritual center of the film.... (Read More)

The halachic feather

March 24th - via: kickstarter.com
On Friday afternoon, as I struggled to avoid obsessing about Kickstarter, I took the Yonkers Middle High School Jewish club on a field trip to Leibman's delicatessen in Riverdale.  The club consists of three fine young men, plus my son, Ben.... (Read More)

Does Anyone Feel a Bit More Optimistic Today?

March 21st - via: kickstarter.com
I'm not an optimist, and I'm not a partisan, but as this project has evolved I've decided to keep myself in the camp of the irrationally hopeful.   Obama's speech in Jerusalem today has given me a temporary feeling that the optimism isn't totally... (Read More)

Link corrections

March 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Somehow the 2 links from the Journal News didn't work in Bitly.  Here they are again: Story:  http://www.lohud.com/article/20130318/NEWS/303180100/Yonkers-filmmaker-aims-heal-Holy-Land-documentary?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Frontpage Video:... (Read More)

Hometown Paper Writes Us Up

March 18th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi Friends: Just a quick shout out on this sleety night.   My local paper, The Journal News (also known by the catchy new media moniker lohud.com) has done a very thoughtful and extensive story on Holy Land -- the film and the Kickstarter campaign.... (Read More)

Threshold Crossed, NYT Magazine Profiles Nabi Saleh

March 16th - via: kickstarter.com
Friends: With 11 days to go, we have crossed the huge landmark goal of $15,000, thanks to one of our most generous supporters who upped her pledge just to nudge us over. I call your attention to a major story in the New York Times Magazine this... (Read More)

Jerusalem Post Covers "Holy Land"! Time for a New Push!

March 7th - via: kickstarter.com
Thrilling to wake up this morning to read the Jerusalem Post's detailed coverage of "Holy Land" and this campaign!  Here's the article: http://bit.ly/WwAV16 After only 9 days on Kickstarter we're at more than 70 percent of our funding goal.... (Read More)

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