Pre-Prophetic Cinema — Contemporary and Prophetic Jewish Art

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For a long time I searched for an answer to the question of what Jewish art is. Jewish art is not religious art. It is certainly not sectoral art, not right-wing art, and not national art. Nor is it "spiritual" art. The conclusion I have reached — and it somehow satisfies me — is that a work that wishes to call itself Jewish must flow from the root of all roots of Judaism: prophecy. The nation of Israel is a prophetic nation; this is its essence. Hebrew is the language of prophecy — this is the meaning of the phrase "the holy tongue." The original gift of Israel is the prophetic gift, and the