Marc Kornblatt, at The Blogs

May 8, 2025, 12:04 AM

Ben Gurion Airport Poster Collage (by Marc Kornblatt)

PARENTAL ADVISORY: INTENDED AS A FICTIONAL CHILDREN'S PICTURE BOOK, THIS STORY MAY BE UNSUITABLE FOR YOUNG READERS. COUNTING THE DAYS * * * They took Daddy and Mommy in the morning. I was with Grandma and Grandpa for a sleepover, so I didn’t see what...

Mar 26, 2025, 8:55 PM

Going Home (?) For Pesach

Memories from Passovers past bubble up as I contemplate the upcoming holiday. My parents’ seders were studies in contrast and tension, with my traditional mother taking pains over every detail and my non-believing father caring mostly about getting done...

Oct 13, 2024, 4:38 PM

Windows of Light

Kibbutz Be'eri Orange Tree (Marc Kornblatt)

Shortly before the one-year anniversary of the October 7 invasion by Hamas, a congenial family man I knew back in the US, before I moved to Israel, wrote on his Facebook page: “F#%! these Nazis. F#%! Israel and f#%! their...

Aug 18, 2024, 6:58 PM

Moving Forward by Sliding Backward

Once upon time, I began work on a light-hearted project related to aging. My goal was to moonwalk with family and friends in Israel and around the world for my 70th birthday. The heart of my endeavor was to...

Jul 9, 2024, 5:33 PM

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The infiltrators among us

Those with no status who clean our streets and office buildings are not terrorists. They are strangers in a strange land

Dec 28, 2023, 5:40 PM

“Free Plastilin”

The headline is not a typo. It’s the title of a satirical music video released in Israel during Hanukkah. Produced by a group of young filmmakers, many of them new to the country, “Free Plastilin” offers an apt way...

Dec 22, 2023, 7:21 PM

Will We Ever Meet Again?

Habima's Hostages (altered photo by Marc Kornblatt)

Dear Z, Seventy-six days have passed since terrorists invaded southern Israel, and I wonder if you and your family are still alive. I have seen so many pictures of destruction and death from the Israel-Hamas War that I am saddened...

Dec 12, 2023, 12:07 AM

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When the New York Times came calling

Our family dynamic is far more layered than the young vs. old, pro-Israel vs. anti-Zionist story told in the newspaper of record

Nov 14, 2023, 12:26 AM

Hamas is hell

Wartime images of Israeli bombs destroying building after building in Gaza City, of gravely injured Palestinian children being carried through the streets, are horrific. Look at the Instagram feeds of wizard_bisan1, a filmmaker reporting from Gaza. Her interviews with people...

About Me

Filmmaker, playwright, actor, and children's book author Marc Kornblatt is the producer/director of the award-winning documentaries DOSTOEVSKY BEHIND BARS, STILL 60, WHAT I DID IN FIFTH GRADE, and LIFE ON THE LEDGE, among others, and more than 20 web series, including MINUTE MAN, ROCK REGGA, THE NARROW BRIDGE PROJECT, and BLUE & RED, RESPECTFUL ENCOUNTERS OF THE POLITICAL KIND. His feature-length documentary SLIDING TO 70, which chronicles a year in his life during the Israel-Hamas War, is currently on the film festival circuit. His latest picture book is MR. KATZ AND ME, (Apples & Honey Press). He and his wife made Aliyah in 2019 and now live in Tel Aviv.

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