OpenDor Media

Unpacked is a division of OpenDor Media that publishes articles, social media posts, videos, and podcasts on a variety of platforms related to Israel and Zionism.{{Cite web |last=Rudee |first=Eliana |date=2019-06-04 |title=YouTube channel ‘Unpacked’ aims to teach younger generations about Israel and Judaism |url=https://www.jns.org/youtube-channel-unpacked-aims-to-teach-younger-generations-about-israel-and-judaism/ |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=JNS.org |language=en-US}}

Unpacked for Educators is a website that promotes content created by Unpacked among educators and includes resources and materials.{{Cite web |url=https://www.thejc.com/family-and-education/all/unpacking-israels-complexities-for-todays-jewish-youth-3hnA2Wg5D9cG2iVY6szS9Z |title=Unpacking Israel's complexities for today's Jewish youth |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=www.thejc.com}}{{Cite web |title=Kehillah High included in new Israel education partnership |url=https://jhvonline.com/kehillah-high-included-in-new-israel-education-partnership-p27997-281.htm |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=jhvonline.com}} OpenDor Media consulted Rosov Consulting in 2020 to research the effect of their media on audiences.{{Cite web |title=Rewind and Watch It: The Impact of Video in Israel Education |url=https://www.rosovconsulting.com/cases/rewind-and-watch-it-the-impact-of-video-in-israel-education/ |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=Rosov Consulting, LLC. |language=en-US}}

ConnectED is a platform created by OpenDor Media to promote its views among educators, students, and parents in high schools and middle schools.{{Cite web |title=About Unpacked for Educators • Unpacked for Educators |url=https://unpacked.education/about/ |access-date=2025-02-21 |website=Unpacked for Educators |language=en-US}}

Amplified is a content creation platform created by OpenDor Media that aims to promote content creators who share the organization's views. According to its website, "Amplified is a program that is designed to help content creators from around the world, who are aligned with OpenDor Media’s mission, grow audiences, increase impact and amplify their success, all within a community of similarly impassioned creators."{{Cite web |title=Amplified. The #1 Jewish Creator Network |url=https://amplified.community/#join |access-date=2025-02-26 |website=Amplified. |language=en-US}}

OpenDor Media has produced multiple feature-length films, including Israel Inside: How a Small Nation Makes a Big Difference and Crossing the Line: The Intifada Comes to Campus. Israel Inside was shown on PBS, college campuses, and El Al flights.{{cite web|title=Film presents 'much larger picture' of Israel|url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2012-05-02/israel/fl-jjps-israelfilm-0502-20120502_1_israeli-society-israeli-palestinian-conflict-film|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140327234554/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2012-05-02/israel/fl-jjps-israelfilm-0502-20120502_1_israeli-society-israeli-palestinian-conflict-film|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 March 2014|publisher=Sun Sentinel|accessdate=27 March 2014}}

• Israel Inside: How a Small Nation Makes a Big Difference is a 55-minute film that aims to present the positive aspects of Israeli society. The film was released in 2011 and is narrated by former Harvard professor of Positive Psychology, Dr. Tal Ben-Shahar.{{cite news|title=No Small Wonder|url=http://www.jpost.com/Arts-and-Culture/Arts/No-small-wonder|accessdate=27 March 2014|newspaper=Jerusalem Post|date=30 October 2011}}
• Beneath the Helmet: From High School to the Home Front is a 2014 film which documents five Israeli high school graduates who are recruited to serve in the army paratrooper brigade for their compulsory military service. Beneath the Helmet was named the 5th Best Military Documentary on Netflix Streaming in 2015.{{Cite web

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• Crossing the Line: The Intifada Comes to Campus is a commentary on pro-Palestinian protests on North American university campuses following the Israeli military assault on Gaza in December 2008 and January 2009. It interviews college students who support the State of Israel and who claim widespread anti-Semitism among protesters. Versions of the film have been made both for the United States and the United Kingdom.{{cite web|title=Film reveals anti-Zionist threat faced by students|url=http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/115627/film-reveals-anti-zionist-threat-faced-students|publisher=The Jewish Chronicle Online|accessdate=26 March 2014}}{{cite web|title=Campus Intifada - Crossing the Line|url=http://www.campusintifada.com/|accessdate=27 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110061026/http://www.campusintifada.com/|archive-date=10 January 2014|url-status=dead}} A follow-up documentary was released by Jerusalem U in 2015 called Crossing the Line 2: The New Face of Anti-Semitism on Campus.
• Hummus! The Movie is a documentary released in 2015 following three chefs in Israel who make hummus: a religious Jewish man, a Christian Arab man and a Muslim Arab woman.{{Cite web |title=Film Shows Hummus Is More Than Just A Dip |url=https://news.sky.com/story/film-shows-hummus-is-more-than-just-a-dip-10335296 |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=Sky News |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Hummus! The Movie! |url=https://www.jpost.com/in-jerusalem/hummus-the-movie-502717 |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=The Jerusalem Post {{!}} JPost.com |language=en-US}} It won best movie presenting modern Jewish life and culture, at Jewish Motifs International Film Festival in Warsaw, Poland in 2017.{{Cite web |title=Program 2017 – Jewish Motifs Intl. Film Festival |url=http://jewishmotifs.org.pl/archive-archiwum/2017-2/program/ |access-date=2022-12-08 |language=en-US}}
• Mekonen: The Journey of an African Jew tells the story of Mekonen Abebe who was born and raised in rural Ethiopia and later became a commander in the Israeli Defense Forces. He was previous featured in Beneath the Helmet.{{Cite web |title=Mekonen: An Ethiopian’s Journey to becoming an IDF officer – CAMERA on Campus |url=https://cameraoncampus.org/blog/mekonen-an-ethiopians-journey-to-becoming-an-idf-officer/ |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=cameraoncampus.org}}{{Cite web |title=Mekonen: The Journey of an African Jew |url=https://iaujc.org/mekonen-journey-african-jew |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=Ithaca Area United Jewish Community |language=en}}
• Sustainable Nation discusses sustainable water solutions developed in Israel and shared with other countries.{{Cite web |title=Sustainable Nation (2019) – CANA Film Festival |url=https://canafilmfestival.com/sustainable-nation-2019/ |access-date=2022-12-08 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Israel and the World: 'Sustainable Nation' |url=https://asiasociety.org/new-york/events/israel-and-world-sustainable-nation |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=Asia Society |language=en}}
• Exodus 91 tells the story of Asher Naim who negotiated the release of 15,000 Ethiopian Jews during the 1991 civil war.{{Cite web |title=Austin Jewish Film Festival discusses rise in antisemitism |url=https://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/austin/news/2022/11/11/austin-jewish-film-festival-discusses-rise-in-antisemitism- |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=spectrumlocalnews.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Začenja se festival Hiša strpnosti |url=https://www.mladina.si/218935/zacenja-se-festival-hisa-strpnosti/ |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=Mladina.si}}
• Unsafe Space explores Jewish identity on college campuses and profiles a diverse group of students from various universities.{{Cite web |last=JNS.org |title=‘Unsafe Spaces’: Explore the marginalization of Jewish students in a new film |url=https://www.jns.org/spotlight/unsafe-spaces-explore-the-marginalization-of-jewish-students-in-a-new-film/ |access-date=2022-12-12 |website=JNS.org |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Presents |first=Lappin Foundation |title="Unsafe Spaces: When Being Jewish Means You Don’t Belong" Film Screening |url=http://www.jewishboston.com/events/unsafe-spaces-when-being-jewish-means-you-dont-belong-film-screening/ |access-date=2022-12-12 |website=JewishBoston |language=en-US}}
• Tragic Awakening: A New Look at the Oldest Hatred is a film directed by founder of OpenDor Media Raphael Shore that documents the history of antisemitism and presents the perspective of Syrian-born Arab Zionist Rawan Osman.{{Cite web |date=2024-11-17 |title=Who's afraid of the big bad Jew? Exploring the root of antisemitism |url=https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-829121 |access-date=2025-04-24 |website=The Jerusalem Post {{!}} JPost.com |language=en}}

Imagination Productions, Inc., which operates under OpenDor Media (formerly Jerusalem U), is a US-registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.{{cite web|title=Guide Star|url=http://www.guidestar.org/organizations/26-1264680/imagination-productions.aspx|publisher=GuideStar|accessdate=27 March 2014}} 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,{{Cite web |last=Saul |first=Tema |date=2021-07-20 |title=OpenDor Media Announces Appointment of New CEO • OpenDor Media |url=https://opendormedia.org/newsroom/opendor-media-announces-appointment-of-new-ceo/ |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=OpenDor Media |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Andrew Savage - CEO at OpenDor Media |url=https://theorg.com/org/opendor-media/org-chart/andrew-savage |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=THE ORG |language=en}} and EVP Noam Weissman.{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=Ajn |title=‘Outstanding’ speakers to inspire our teachers |url=https://www.australianjewishnews.com/outstanding-speakers-to-inspire-our-teachers/ |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=www.australianjewishnews.com |language=en-US}} Former leadership includes president, Amy Holtz and Executive Vice President Eli Ovits.{{cite web|title=Jerusalem U|url=http://www.jerusalemu.org/about_us?t=5|publisher=Jerusalem U|accessdate=27 March 2014}}

Founder Raphael Shore, studied film at the University of Toronto. Shore produced the film Israel Inside: How a Small Nation Makes a Big Difference, the 2010 documentary Crossing the Line: The Intifada Comes to Campus,{{cite web|title=Campus Intifada - Crossing the Line|url=http://www.campusintifada.com/|accessdate=27 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110061026/http://www.campusintifada.com/|archive-date=10 January 2014|url-status=dead}} and Beneath the Helmet: From High School to the Home Front.{{cite web|title=Jerusalem U Staff|url=http://www.jerusalemu.org/staff/raphael-shore|publisher=Jerusalem U|accessdate=26 March 2014}}

As Jerusalem U, OpenDor Media produced five film mini-series: Israel Inside/Out,{{cite web |title=‘Jerusalem U’ Links Students with Judaism |url=http://atlantajewishtimes.com/jerusalem-u-links-students-with-judaism-israel/ |publisher=The Atlanta Jewish Times}}{{cite web |title=Israel Inside Out |url=http://www.jerusalemu.org/courses/israel_inside_out |accessdate=27 March 2014 |publisher=Jerusalem U}} Habits of Happiness: Positive Psychology & Judaism,{{cite news |date=24 February 2014 |title=Ben-Shahar provides lessons on happiness |newspaper=Sun Sentinel |url=http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward/pembroke-pines/fl-jjps-jerusalemu-0226-20140224,0,4530994.story}}{{cite web |title=‘Jerusalem U’ Links Students with Judaism |url=http://atlantajewishtimes.com/jerusalem-u-links-students-with-judaism-israel/ |publisher=The Atlanta Jewish Times}} Judaism 101,{{cite web |title=‘Jerusalem U’ Links Students with Judaism |url=http://atlantajewishtimes.com/jerusalem-u-links-students-with-judaism-israel/ |publisher=The Atlanta Jewish Times}} Cinema: The Jewish Lens{{cite web |title=Cinema - The Jewish Lens |url=http://www.jerusalemu.org/courses/cinema?t=3 |accessdate=27 March 2014 |publisher=Jerusalem U}} and The Israel Course.{{cite web |title=Online University Confronts Anti-Israel Bias |url=https://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/insideisrael/2013/December/Online-University-Confronts-Anti-Israel-Bias/ |accessdate=27 March 2014 |publisher=CBN News}} They also created JU Max, which was a ten-week interactive, online course for college students.{{cite web |title=JU Max |url=http://www.jerusalemu.org/max |accessdate=27 March 2014 |publisher=Jerusalem U}}{{cite web |title=‘Jerusalem U’ Links Students with Judaism |url=http://atlantajewishtimes.com/jerusalem-u-links-students-with-judaism-israel/ |publisher=The Atlanta Jewish Times}}

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• {{Official website|https://opendormedia.org/}}
• [http://www.Jewishunpacked.com Unpacked website]
• [https://unpacked.education/ Unpacked for Educators]

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