Raphael Shore

{{Short description|Canadian-Israeli film writer and producer (born 1961)}}

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| native_name = רפאל שור

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| birth_date = {{Birth date text|1961}}

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| nationality = Canadian, Israeli

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| education = University of Toronto (BA)

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| organization = {{hlist|OpenDor Media|Clarion Project}}

| occupation = {{hlist|Film writer|producer|author|rabbi}}

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| spouse = Rebecca Shore

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| relations = David Shore (brother)
Marvin Shore (father)

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Raphael Shore ({{Langx|he|רפאל שור}}; born 1961){{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=2025-01-10 |website=The Jerusalem Post {{!}} JPost.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=House MD - David Shore, Creator, Executive Producer |url=http://www.housemd-guide.com/showinfo/davidshore.php |access-date=2025-01-10 |website=www.housemd-guide.com}} is a Canadian-Israeli film writer, producer, author{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/stores/Raphael-Shore/author/B0DCTS96HT?ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true|title=Rabbi Raphael Shore|website=Amazon |accessdate=1 October 2024}} and rabbi. He is the founder of OpenDor Media,{{cite news |url=https://thej.ca/2025/01/03/film-challenges-how-we-think-about-jew-hatred-and-the-nature-of-the-jews/|title=Film Challenges How We Think About Jew-Hatred, And The Nature Of The Jews|publisher=The J.CA|access-date=6 January 2025}} a Jewish educational organization, and Clarion Project, a nonprofit organization "dedicated to educating the public about the threats of Islamist extremism and providing a platform for moderate Muslim voices."{{cite web |url=https://www.jewishinteractive.org/staff/ed-board-3/|title=Rabbi Raphael Shore|website=Jewish Interactive|date=9 March 2016 |accessdate=8 August 2024}}

Early life and education

Shore is the twin brother of Ephraim Shore, the former head of HonestReporting, rabbi, and tour guide, and younger brother of television producer and writer David Shore. He is the son of politician Marvin Shore.{{cite web|title=David Shore Biography|url=http://www.tv.com/people/david-shore/biography/|publisher=TV.com|accessdate=8 November 2015|archive-date=14 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160914024754/http://www.tv.com/people/david-shore/biography/|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web |last=Palkin |first=Steve |date=October 4, 2019 |title=Remembering one of Ontario's funniest MPPS |url=https://www.tvo.org/article/remembering-one-of-ontarios-funniest-mpps |access-date=January 10, 2025 |website=tvo}} Shore has a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Toronto, Ontario.{{cite web|title=Staff|url=http://www.jerusalemu.org/staff/raphael-shore|publisher=Jerusalem U|accessdate=8 November 2015|archive-date=22 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151022120146/http://www.jerusalemu.org/staff/raphael-shore|url-status=dead}}

Career

Shore previously worked for Aish HaTorah,{{cite web|agency=Inter Press Service|author=Ali Gharib|author2=Eli Clifton|url=http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43983|title=Neo-cons, Ex-Israeli Diplomats Push Islamophobic Video|accessdate=2008-10-19|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081015014835/http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43983|archivedate=2008-10-15}}{{cite news|title=Muslim group seeks probe of 'radical Islam' DVD|url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-09-23-3194911850_x.htm|author=Eric Gorski|agency=Associated Press|accessdate=2011-09-07|date=2008-09-23}} an Orthodox organization devoted to promoting Jewish learning, and has collaborated with HonestReporting, a pro-Israel media watchdog site formerly run by his brother Ephraim. He founded the Clarion Project in 2006, a counter-jihad organization involved in the production and distribution of documentary films.{{cite book|url=https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/files/192414854/Aked_Jones_Miller_Counterjihad_report_2019.pdf|last1=Aked|first1=H.|last2=Jones|first2=M.|last3=Miller|first3=D.|year=2019|title=Islamophobia in Europe: How governments are enabling the far-right 'counter-jihad' movement|series=Public Interest Investigations|publisher=University of Bristol|pages=49, 60|isbn=9780957027497|hdl=1983/cd525157-683a-493b-b27f-9a5ffbca312c|hdl-access=free}}

=OpenDor Media=

Shore founded OpenDor Media in 2009 (formerly Jerusalem U), a non-profit organization dedicated to film-based Jewish and Israel education. OpenDor Media produces feature-length films, short videos, social media content and educational resources.{{cite web |url= https://jewishjournal.com/cover_story/367735/reinventing-education-for-the-digital-age/

|title=Reinventing Education for the Digital Age|website=Jewish Journal|date=February 2024 |accessdate=8 August 2024}}

=Film producer=

Shore wrote, directed and produced Relentless: The Struggle for Peace in the Middle East in 2003. This film explores the cause of the Second Intifada through an examination of compliance with the Declaration of Principles, otherwise known as the Oslo Accords.{{cite web |url=http://www.imra.org.il/story.php?id=15831|title=Relentless: the Struggle for Peace in Israel|website=IMRA|accessdate=8 August 2024}} It is based on a PowerPoint presentation that Shore used as a study aid when he was teaching a political science course in Israel.{{cite web |url=https://jewishjournal.com/culture/arts/7963/|title=Looking for Truth in Documentaries|website=Jewish Journal|date=29 May 2003 |accessdate=8 August 2024}}

His 2008 documentary, Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West, was distributed to 28 million voters throughout the United States during the 2008 United States presidential campaign.{{cite web|url=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/873843.html|title=Obsession Stokes Passions, Fears and Controversy|first=Daphna|last=Berman|work=Haaretz|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070626184727/http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/873843.html|archive-date=26 June 2007}} Shore has declined to reveal who funded both the production of the film or dissemination of the DVDs.

In 2010, Shore self-released the documentary film, Crossing the Line: The Intifada Comes to Campus.Powerful New Film - Crossing the Line - Details Rise of Anti-Semitism on Campus, Feb. 22, 2010 [http://www.pipelinenews.org/index.cfm?page=crossing2.22.10.htm] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226221832/http://www.pipelinenews.org/index.cfm?page=crossing2.22.10.htm|date=2012-02-26}}Alarming anti-Israel activity at UC Irvine and other universities, Natalie Menaged and Alan Levine [http://www.aish.com/jw/s/84093127.html]

He produced Iranium in 2011, a documentary film about the potential dangers of a nuclear Iran. A prelaunch screening scheduled to take place at the end of January at the Canadian National Archives in Ottawa drew opposition from the Iranian consulate. After a number of anonymous threats were received the National Archives canceled the screening citing security concerns. This cancellation received extensive coverage and it was eventually screened in Ottawa. In response, Shore said: “They basically gave us our advertising slogan: the film Iran's leaders do not want you to see”.{{cite web |url= https://mishpacha.com/the-film-irans-leaders-do-not-want-you-to-see-iranium-the-clock-is-ticking/|title=The Film Iran's Leaders Do Not Want You To See Iranium: The Clock Is Ticking|website=Mishpacha|date=16 February 2011 |accessdate=8 August 2024}}

Shore produced the 2012 documentary Israel Inside: How a Small Nation Makes a Big Difference, narrated by Tal Ben-Shahar. The film explores parts of Israeli history and society that tend not to be addressed in mainstream coverage of the country.{{cite news|last=Hoffman|first=Gil|title=Film aims to encapsulate 'Start-Up Nation's' success|url=http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=263240|accessdate=25 March 2012|newspaper=The Jerusalem Post|date=25 March 2012}}

In 2015, Shore released a sequel to Crossing the Line, Crossing the Line 2: The New Face of Anti-Semitism on Campus, that documents how a growing number of anti-Israel demonstrations on U.S. campuses also include anti-Semitic messaging.{{cite web |url= http://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/Jerusalem-U-documentary-explores-anti-Semitism-on-US-campuses-393520|title=Jerusalem U documentary explores anti-Semitism on US campuses|website=Jerusalem Post|date=10 March 2015 |accessdate=8 August 2024}} He also wrote and produced Hummus the Movie the same year, a documentary movie about hummus.{{cite web |url= https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/culture/130641-161120-hummus-and-the-wild-wild-middle-east|title= Humus and the Wild Middle East| website=i24 News|accessdate=8 August 2024}}

In 2022, Shore was the executive producer of Unsafe Spaces, a documentary that features the voices of Jewish activists working to combat antisemitism and to create an inclusive community for everyone. It explores explores Jewish identity on college campuses and profiles a diverse group of students from various universities.{{cite web |url= https://jewishunpacked.com/unsafe-spaces/|title=Unsafe Spaces|website=Unpacked|accessdate=8 August 2024}}{{cite web |url= https://www.jewishboston.com/events/unsafe-spaces-when-being-jewish-means-you-dont-belong-film-screening/|title="Unsafe Spaces: When Being Jewish Means You Don't Belong" Film Screening|website=Jewish Boston|accessdate=8 August 2024}}

In 2024, Shore was the producer of Tragic Awakening – A New Look at the Oldest Hatred.{{cite news |url=https://jewishlink.news/young-israel-of-east-brunswick-holds-screening-of-tragic-awakening/|title=Young Israel of East Brunswick Holds Screening of 'Tragic Awakening'|publisher=Jewish Link|access-date=6 January 2025}}{{cite news |url=https://www.jns.org/film-challenges-how-we-think-about-jew-hatred-and-the-nature-of-the-jews/|title=Film challenges how we think about Jew-hatred, and the nature of the Jews|publisher=JNS|access-date=6 January 2025}} The documentary explores the roots of antisemitism through the insights of Arab Zionist Rawan Osman.{{cite web |url= https://miamijewishfilmfestival.org/events/tragic-awakening|title= Tragic Awakening| website=Miami Jewish Film Festival|accessdate=1 October 2024}}{{cite news |url=https://www.jns.org/a-rabbi-and-an-arab-join-together-to-fight-antisemitism/|title=A rabbi and an Arab join together to fight antisemitism|publisher=JNS|access-date=6 January 2025}}{{cite news |url=https://www.jns.org/i-am-an-arab-zionist/|title=I am an Arab Zionist|publisher=JNS|access-date=6 January 2025}}

=Author=

In 2024, Shore published Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Jew – Learning to Love the Lessons of Jew Hatred.{{cite web |url= https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/396508|title=Raphael Shore: 'Understand why they hate us, to learn to love ourselves'

|website=Israel National News|accessdate=1 October 2024}}{{cite news |url=https://mishpacha.com/a-hopeful-people/|title=A Hopeful People|publisher=Mishpacha|access-date=6 January 2025}}

Filmography

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Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
2003 \|Relentless: The Struggle for Peace in the Middle East \| Executive producer \|
2005 \|Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West \| Producer \|
2008 \|The Third Jihad: Radical Islam's Vision For America \| Producer \|
2010 \|Crossing the Line: The Intifada Comes to Campus \| Producer \|
2011 \|Iranium \| Producer \|
2011 \|Israel Inside: How a Small Nation Makes a Big Difference \| Executive producer \|
2013 \|Honor Diaries \| Executive producer \|
2014 \|Beneath the Helmet \| Executive producer \|
2015 \|Crossing the Line 2: The New Face of Anti-Semitism on Campus \| Producer \|
2015 \|Hummus the Movie \| Executive producer \|
2016 \|Mekonen: The Journey of an African Jew \| Executive producer \|
2016 \|Faithkeepers \| Executive producer \|
2017 \|When the Smoke Clears: A Story of Brotherhood, Resilience and Hope \| Executive producer \|
2017 \|Kids: Chasing Paradise \| Executive producer \|
2018 \|Sustainable Nation \| Executive producer \|
2019 \|The Psychology of Terrorism \| Executive producer \|
2020 \|Covert Cash \| Producer \|
2020 \|Upheaval: The Journey of Menachem Begin \| Co-producer \|
2022 \|Converts the Movie \| Executive producer \|
2024 \|Tragic Awakening \| Executive producer \|

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2003

|Relentless: The Struggle for Peace in the Middle East

| Executive producer

2005

|Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West

| Producer

2008