Donna Schatz, at The Blogs

Aug 3, 2024, 4:06 PM

Two oldsters squared off and squabbled over women's bodies. A septuagenarian and an octogenarian quarreled about control but it wouldn't have made a difference if 20 or 30-year-olds were at it. They were men, making the scene still more...

Jun 29, 2024, 1:17 AM

Women for Gaza

I caught her clip and was taken aback. From a Zoom meet of women's rights advocates against genocide, a Palestinian film director I'd worked, wined and dined with, described Gaza now although not there. I found out the following. This...

May 28, 2024, 8:00 AM

Getting a Winning Shot

Photographer Kevin Carter watched the vulture and the starving child crouched in the sand. A freelancer from South Africa, Carter was in Sudan to film the 1993 famine. When he got a good angle, bird in the background, child...

Mar 25, 2024, 3:22 AM

The Oscars Again!

They jumped for joy and I nearly did too. Godzilla Minus One had just won an Oscar for best visual effects and the creative team almost danced to the stage. This contrasted big time to my other fave of...

Mar 16, 2024, 11:10 AM

Judgement at Nuremberg: Still a must-see

MARLENE DIETRICH: You think we knew of those things? We did not know. SPENCER TRACY: Mrs. Bertholt, as far as I can make out no one knew. We have to forget to go on living, she continues, and fellow diners, taking...

Feb 24, 2024, 9:35 AM

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Brigitte Gabriel and me

When we first met in Jerusalem, she was Hanan, early 20s, loving life away from Lebanon. The friendship lasted until it didn't

Jan 24, 2024, 8:16 PM

Ridgewood, Queens

Ridgewood, a pocket of Queens I'd barely heard of growing up at the far end of the borough, borders two even more obscure to me names, Middle Village and Glendale. On the Myrtle Ave. subway line, Ridgewood, once farmland...

Dec 28, 2023, 11:04 PM

Tourist in Bethlehem

I’m reluctant to enter but my companion generously springs for the 20 shekel admission. I walk past the bellhop, a chimp statue in red, and go in, suspicious from the start, admittedly a closed frame of mind. The town...

Dec 10, 2023, 11:30 PM

Barry and Lydia

They're a dime a dozen and unfortunately I know a few. Yet to set foot in the Middle East, the existence of Israel pisses them off, anything it does a reason to rage. Two good examples are Barry and...

Nov 21, 2023, 7:23 PM

Camerawomen: Revisiting a Palestinian Colleague and Pal

I was given a beer and quickly felt welcome. It was a hot day and a trek, well worth it, East Jerusalem bus 218, Qalandiya crossing and a taxi to the pretty village near Ramallah where I'd spend the...

About Me

Donna Schatz is a photographer, documentary producer and former TV camerawoman who worked in Israel, Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon as well as Bosnia and the US.