Film Series

The trailer for LUNAR Season 1! Follow LUNAR: Instagram: http://instagram.com/asian.jews Facebook: http://facebook.com/asian.jews Twitter: http://twitter.com/asian_jews Youtube: http://youtube.com/asianjews Donate to our Season 2 Indiegogo campaign! http://igg.me/at/asianjews About LUNAR: LUNAR cultivates connection, belonging and visibility for Asian American Jews through authentic multimedia storytelling and intersectional community programming. We facilitate nuanced, honest conversations about identity, covering themes such as media representation, the model minority myth, racism, antisemitism, belonging and inclusion in Jewish spaces, family, culture, and fusion food. Special thanks to: Jews of Color Initiative (jewsofcolorinitiative.org) Be'chol Lashon (globaljews.org)

Meet the cast of LUNAR: The Jewish-Asian Film Project! Our first episode premieres February 12, 2021. Featuring (in order of appearance): Becca (she/her) Maya (she/her) Alex (she/her) Daniel (he/him) Alicia (she/her) Alyssa (she/her) Meorah (she/her) Jacob (they/them) Kayla (she/her) Vanessa (she/her) Hannah (she/her) Lee (he/him) Ali (she/her) Amanda (she/her) Stephanie (she/her) Zaheer (he/him) Maya (she/her or they/them) Rachel (she/her) Nina (she/her) Jess (she/her) Melissa (she/her) Bekkah (she/her) Naomi (she/her) LUNAR Team: Producer - Gen Slosberg Creative Director - Jenni Rudolph Filmmaker - Jared Chiang-Zeizel Graphic Designer - Davi Cheng Follow LUNAR: Instagram: @asian.jews Facebook: @asian.jews Twitter: @asian_jews About LUNAR: LUNAR: The Jewish Asian Film Project showcases and celebrates the stories of Asian American Jews, through our upcoming video series, interviews, community events, and more! We're funded by the Jews of Color Initiative (jewsofcolorinitiative.org) and partnered with Be'chol Lashon (globaljews.org) to bring you meaningful and engaging content. We facilitate nuanced, honest conversations about identity, covering themes such as media representation, the model minority myth, racism, antisemitism, belonging and inclusion in Jewish spaces, family, culture, and fusion food.

23 Asian American Jews examine identity through the lens of food. Through sharing memories of foods from our Asian and Jewish cultures, the LUNAR cast discusses Asian and Jewish food philosophies, intertwined food history, and the many possibilities (and limitations) of Jewish-Asian fusion food. ----- Follow LUNAR: Instagram: @asian.jews Facebook: @asian.jews Twitter: @asian_jews Starring: Alex Chester Ali Pinhasi Alicia Fox Alyssa Naka Silver Amanda Lowell Becca Nix Tham Bekkah 慧英 Scharf Daniel Hershfield Hannah Chonkan-Urow Jacob Sujin Kuppermann Jess Adler Kayla Sklar Lee Harris Maya Babow Maya Katz-Ali Melissa Dai-Li Krassenstein Meorah Ha-Me’ir Naomi Tamura Nina Moskowitz Rachel DeAngelis Stephanie Mieko Cohen Vanessa Bloom Zaheer Coovadia LUNAR Team: Co-Creator & Producer - Gen Slosberg 夏夜 Co-Creator & Creative Director - Jenni Rudolph Filmmaker - Jared Chiang-Zeizel 小龙 Graphic Designer: Davi 惠芳 Cheng About LUNAR: LUNAR: The Jewish Asian Film Project showcases and celebrates the stories of Asian American Jews, through our upcoming video series, interviews, community events, and more! We're funded by the Jews of Color Initiative (jewsofcolorinitiative.org) and partnered with Be'chol Lashon (globaljews.org) to bring you meaningful and engaging content. We facilitate nuanced, honest conversations about identity, covering themes such as media representation, the model minority myth, racism, antisemitism, belonging and inclusion in Jewish spaces, family, culture, and fusion food. Edited by Jenni Rudolph and Jared Chiang-Zeizel 小龙 Alex's article: https://www.hapamag.com/issue-006/jews-and-asians-go-together-like-peanut-butter-and-jelly Stephanie's Shalom Japan review: https://www.hapamag.com/issue-009/2019/9/9/shalom-japan Music: “Grandma’s Impala” by Sarah, The Illstrumentalist “Happytoseeyou” by Sarah, the Illstrumentalist “Homer Said” by Dyalla B-Roll Footage: Matzo Ball Soup - If the soup weren’t surrounding it, this matzo ball would float away (image) Copyright owned by Flickr user: City Foodsters https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Matzo_Ball_Soup_-_If_the_soup_weren%27t_surrounding_it,_this_matzo_ball_would_float_away_(9382487620).jpg Gefilte Fish (image) Copyright owned by wikipedia user: Mushki Brichta  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gefilte_fish_topped_with_slices_of_carrot.jpg Pakora (image) Copyright owned by Flickr user: Upendra Kanda https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pakora_(6005558506).jpg Buddhist temples in South Korea (image) Copyright owned by wikipedia user: Steve46814  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Korea-Sinheungsa-Bronze_Buddha-02.jpg Israeli Spread (image) Copyright owned by Flickr user: Ted Eytan https://www.flickr.com/photos/taedc/27905580770/ Matzo Ball Soup (image) Copyright owned by Flickr user: da5ide https://www.flickr.com/photos/da5ide/6172624846/

Carrying a multi-layered identity can be complicated. In this episode, Jewish Asian Americans discuss the challenges of navigating different communities, the joy of finding real connection, code-switching, microaggressions, and what they hope to see in future generations of young Jews of Color. --- Follow LUNAR: Instagram: @asian.jews Facebook: @asian.jews Twitter: @asian_jews Starring: Alex Chester Ali Pinhasi Alicia Fox Alyssa Naka Silver Amanda Lowell Becca Nix Tham Bekkah 慧英 Scharf Daniel Hershfield Hannah Chonkan-Urow Jacob Sujin Kuppermann Jess Adler Kayla Sklar Lee Harris Maya Babow Maya Katz-Ali Melissa Dai-Li Krassenstein Meorah Ha-Me’ir Naomi Tamura Nina Moskowitz Rachel DeAngelis Stephanie Mieko Cohen Vanessa Bloom Zaheer Coovadia LUNAR Team: Co-Creator & Producer - Gen Slosberg 夏夜 Co-Creator & Creative Director - Jenni Rudolph Filmmaker - Jared Chiang-Zeizel 小龙 Graphic Designer: Davi 惠芳 Cheng About LUNAR: LUNAR: The Jewish Asian Film Project showcases and celebrates the stories of Asian American Jews, through our upcoming video series, interviews, community events, and more! We're funded by the Jews of Color Initiative (jewsofcolorinitiative.org) and partnered with Be'chol Lashon (globaljews.org) to bring you meaningful and engaging content. We facilitate nuanced, honest conversations about identity, covering themes such as media representation, the model minority myth, racism, antisemitism, belonging and inclusion in Jewish spaces, family, culture, and fusion food. Edited by Jenni Rudolph and Jared Chiang-Zeizel 小龙 Music: “Jet Setter” by Sarah, The Illstrumentalist “Like That” by Anno Domini Beats “Space Navigator” by Sarah, The Illstrumentalist B-Roll Images: Sigma Delta Tau Amherst House Copyright owned by Kevin Rutherford https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sigma_Delta_Tau_house,_Amherst,_Massachusetts.jpg Orthodox synagogue and Jewish school in Kosice, Slovakia Copyright owned by Flickr user: Govisity / Tip na Trip / kosice.guide https://www.flickr.com/photos/53113704@N03/28479572735/ Thai Writing on a temple Copyright owned by Flickr user: Christian Haugen https://www.flickr.com/photos/christianhaugen/3344177668/ Diwali Fireworks Copyright owned by Flickr user: gags9999 https://www.flickr.com/photos/gags9999/15040002973 (Change to original image: cropped out part of top) Bollywood Dancers Copyright owned by wiki commons user: Flexfxproductions https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bollywood_Showstoppers_2014_Shahid_Kapoor_and_Bolly_Flex_Dancing.jpg (Change to original image: removed logo) Hindi Newspaper Copyright owned by wiki commons user: Suyash.dwivedi https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hindi_Vishwa_Daily_News_Paper_of_11th_WHC.jpg Missionary Influence or How to Make Converts p95 Copyright owned by Flickr user: bibliodyssey / Paul G https://www.flickr.com/photos/bibliodyssey/2354121094/ Bhangra 1 Copyright owned by wiki commons user: Shamrock-23 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bhangra_1.jpg Buckeye Mela IX - Spartan Bhangra 3 Copyright owned by wiki commons user: Kevin Payravi https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Buckeye_Mela_IX_-_Spartan_Bhangra_3.jpg

LUNAR Ep 3: Cultural Values or Cultural Trauma? Unpacking What We've Inherited From family heirlooms to generational trauma, there is much that we inherit from our ancestors. In this episode, Jewish Asian Americans unpack the cultural values passed down in our families - both the positive values that continue to be meaningful, and the harmful values that we wish to unlearn. This episode contains references to topics which may be triggering for some viewers, including ancestral trauma, the Holocaust, persecution, and sexual assault. Below we've included timestamps for those sections, so you can skip those parts if you need to: 3:08 to 3:35 - sexual assault 3:35 to 4:06 - body shaming 5:27 to 5:54 - internment camps 8:04 to 9:09 - the Holocaust, antisemitism, apartheid, persecution --- Follow LUNAR: Instagram: @asian.jews Facebook: @asian.jews Twitter: @asian_jews LUNAR Cast: Alex Chester Ali Pinhasi Alicia Fox Alyssa Naka Silver Amanda Lowell Becca Nix Tham Bekkah 慧英 Scharf Daniel Hershfield Hannah Chonkan-Urow Jacob Sujin Kuppermann Jess Adler Kayla Sklar Lee Harris Maya Babow Maya Katz-Ali Melissa Dai-Li Krassenstein Meorah Ha-Me’ir Naomi Tamura Nina Moskowitz Rachel DeAngelis Stephanie Mieko Cohen Vanessa Bloom Zaheer Coovadia LUNAR Team: Co-Creator & Producer - Gen Slosberg 夏夜 Co-Creator & Creative Director - Jenni Rudolph Filmmaker - Jared Chiang-Zeizel 小龙 Graphic Designer: Davi 惠芳 Cheng About LUNAR: LUNAR: The Jewish Asian Film Project showcases and celebrates the stories of Asian American Jews, through our upcoming video series, interviews, community events, and more! We're funded by the Jews of Color Initiative (jewsofcolorinitiative.org) and partnered with Be'chol Lashon (globaljews.org) to bring you meaningful and engaging content. We facilitate nuanced, honest conversations about identity, covering themes such as media representation, the model minority myth, racism, antisemitism, belonging and inclusion in Jewish spaces, family, culture, and fusion food. Edited by Jenni Rudolph and Jared Chiang-Zeizel 小龙 Music: “Space Navigator” by Sarah, The Illstrumentalist “Fleas” by Dyalla “Yellow Flamingo” by Sarah, The Illstrumentalist B-Roll Images: Binibining Pilipinas 2008 Evening Gown2.jpg Copyright owned by Flickr user: Paul Chin (97097981@N00) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Binibining_Pilipinas_2008_Evening_Gown2.jpg Pride Float Menorah / Menorah (9186814193).jpg Copyright owned by Flickr user: nathanmac87 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Menorah_(9186814193).jpg WWII Japanese Internment Camp Copyright owned by Flickr user: Marc Cooper (marc_cooper) https://www.flickr.com/photos/marc_cooper/28854597430 WWII Concentration Camp Copyright owned by Flickr user: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (ushmm) https://www.flickr.com/photos/ushmm/15675164803/in/photostream/ Apartheid Era Signage in South Africa Copyright owned by Flickr user: Dan Mitler (lifeisadventure) https://www.flickr.com/photos/lifeisadventure/21684598286

As two communities who are both stereotyped as "model minorities”, American Jews and Asian Americans should be uniquely positioned for mutual understanding and solidarity. However, as is common for Jews of Color, many Asian American Jews experience feeling excluded, tokenized, or fetishized in Jewish communities. In this episode, Jewish Asian Americans share our experiences with racism, antisemitism, and the model minority myth, in hopes of inspiring a much-needed broader dialogue about inclusion in the Jewish community and beyond. Trigger warnings for this video include racism, antisemitism, and violence. How to show support and solidarity: 1. recognize and report instances of anti-Asian hate or antisemitic hate when you witness them 2. continue to educate yourself and raise awareness in your network about these forms of hatred 3. amplify the voices of Asian American and Jewish scholars, creators, and activists discussing these issues 4. if this is accessible to you, join a local effort to escort Asian elders or volunteer in a citizen-run community safety initiative 5. if this is financially accessible to you, donate your financial resources to organizations providing direct services, including public health resources, financial assistance, etc. to Asian elders 6. when those around you express hatred based on disinformed scapegoating, such as falsely connecting Asians to COVID-19 or Jews to conspiracy theories, disrupt and correct them with facts and name that scapegoating is part of how those biases function --- Follow LUNAR: Instagram: @asian.jews Facebook: @asian.jews Twitter: @asian_jews LUNAR Cast: Alex Chester Ali Pinhasi Alicia Fox Alyssa Naka Silver Amanda Lowell Becca Nix Tham Bekkah 慧英 Scharf Daniel Hershfield Hannah Chonkan-Urow Jacob Sujin Kuppermann Jess Adler Kayla Sklar Lee Harris Maya Babow Maya Katz-Ali Melissa Dai-Li Krassenstein Meorah Ha-Me’ir Naomi Tamura Nina Moskowitz Rachel DeAngelis Stephanie Mieko Cohen Vanessa Bloom Zaheer Coovadia LUNAR Team: Co-Creator & Producer - Gen Slosberg 夏夜 Co-Creator & Creative Director - Jenni Rudolph Filmmaker - Jared Chiang-Zeizel 小龙 Graphic Designer: Davi 惠芳 Cheng About LUNAR: LUNAR: The Jewish Asian Film Project showcases and celebrates the stories of Asian American Jews, through our upcoming video series, interviews, community events, and more! We're funded by the Jews of Color Initiative (jewsofcolorinitiative.org) and partnered with Be'chol Lashon (globaljews.org) to bring you meaningful and engaging content. We facilitate nuanced, honest conversations about identity, covering themes such as media representation, the model minority myth, racism, antisemitism, belonging and inclusion in Jewish spaces, family, culture, and fusion food. Interested in helping us fund more content, interviews, community events and more? Donate here! https://www.globaljews.org/lunar Edited by Jenni Rudolph and Jared Chiang-Zeizel 小龙 Music: "Smokey Eye" by Cheel "Midnight Prophet" by Sarah, the Illstrumentalist "Silent Observer" by Sarah, the Illstrumentalist "Dana" by Vibe Tracks "Down Time in My Soul" by RAGE B-Roll Images: Zionist Criminals Copyright owned by Flickr user: John Englart (takver) https://www.flickr.com/photos/81043308@N00/3166147168 Antisemitic Devil Sign Copyright owned by wikimedia user: r zombie of zombietime.com https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:AntiWarRallyFeb162003.jpg (Alternative link — http://www.zombietime.com/sf_rally_february_16_2003/) Cycle of Violence Copyright owned by wikimedia user: Robert Friend Weber Whitlock https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cycle_of_Violence_-_%5EBerd.jpg Musical Chairs Copyright owned by Flickr user: David Maddison (davidmaddison) https://www.flickr.com/photos/davidmaddison/67234056/ Anti Neo-Nazi March Phoenix 2010 (two pictures) Copyright owned by Flickr user: John Kittelsrud (teamdroid) https://www.flickr.com/photos/teamdroid/5183315147 Copyright owned by Flickr user: John Kittelsrud (teamdroid) https://www.flickr.com/photos/teamdroid/5183915816 Israel — BDS Copyright owned by Flickr user: John Englart (takver) https://www.flickr.com/photos/takver/4671068929 Anti-Israel Protest Copyright owned by Flickr user: Ted Eytan (taedc) https://www.flickr.com/photos/taedc/14787895916 Jewish Pride Flag Copyright owned by: The Jewish Leadership Council https://www.thejlc.org/blog Summit of Mount Sinai Copyright owned by wikimedia user: Mohammed Moussa https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mount_Moses.jpg Neoantisemismo Copyright owned by wikimedia user: Yonderboy  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Neoantisemismo.jpg KKK_Holocaust_denial Copyright owned by wikimedia user: ViralNova https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:KKK_Holocaust_denial.jpg

Identity isn't linear. In this episode, Jewish Asian Americans discuss the pressure to "prove" our identities, our complicated relationships to both privilege and marginalization, the challenge of taking up space, and ultimately, the joy of discovering and embracing our whole selves. --- Follow LUNAR: Instagram: @asian.jews Facebook: @asian.jews Twitter: @asian_jews LUNAR Cast: Alex Chester Ali Pinhasi Alicia Fox Alyssa Naka Silver Amanda Lowell Becca Nix Tham Bekkah 慧英 Scharf Daniel Hershfield Hannah Chonkan-Urow Jacob Sujin Kuppermann Jess Adler Kayla Sklar Lee Harris Maya Babow Maya Katz-Ali Melissa Dai-Li Krassenstein Meorah Ha-Me’ir Naomi Tamura Nina Moskowitz Rachel DeAngelis Stephanie Mieko Cohen Vanessa Bloom Zaheer Coovadia LUNAR Team: Co-Creator & Producer - Gen Slosberg 夏夜 Co-Creator & Creative Director - Jenni Rudolph Filmmaker - Jared Chiang-Zeizel 小龙 Graphic Designer: Davi 惠芳 Cheng About LUNAR: LUNAR: The Jewish Asian Film Project showcases and celebrates the stories of Asian American Jews, through our upcoming video series, interviews, community events, and more! We're funded by the Jews of Color Initiative (jewsofcolorinitiative.org) and partnered with Be'chol Lashon (globaljews.org) to bring you meaningful and engaging content. We facilitate nuanced, honest conversations about identity, covering themes such as media representation, the model minority myth, racism, antisemitism, belonging and inclusion in Jewish spaces, family, culture, and fusion food. Interested in helping us fund more content, interviews, community events and more? Donate here! https://www.globaljews.org/lunar​ Edited by Jenni Rudolph and Jared Chiang-Zeizel 小龙 Music: "A Caring Friend" by Bad Snacks "Wellington Coffee Shop" by Dyalla "Silent Observer" by Sarah, the Illstrumentalist "Sunshower" by LATASHÁ B-Roll Images: File:Lozupone katz2.png Copyright owned by wikicommons user Alex Lozupone https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lozupone_katz2.png Passover Seder 2020 Copyright owned by YouTube account Sheridan Hills Baptist Church https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6R_SXpq8GqI

Tea eggs on a seder plate and matzo ball ramen? In this video, Asian American Jews discuss how we would design our dream Asian Jewish Passover together, weaving in familiar family rituals and new traditions that create meaning for each of us. To wrap up the series, our team reflects on how working on LUNAR has impacted our own liberation in terms of our Asian Jewish identities. Follow LUNAR: Instagram: @asian.jews Facebook: @asian.jews Twitter: @asian_jews Starring: Alex Chester Ali Pinhasi Alicia Fox Alyssa Naka Silver Amanda Lowell Becca Nix Tham Bekkah 慧英 Scharf Daniel Hershfield Hannah Chonkan-Urow Jacob Sujin Kuppermann Jess Adler Kayla Sklar Lee Harris Maya Babow Maya Katz-Ali Melissa Dai-Li Krassenstein Meorah Ha-Me’ir Naomi Tamura Nina Moskowitz Rachel DeAngelis Stephanie Mieko Cohen Vanessa Bloom Zaheer Coovadia LUNAR Team: Co-Creator & Producer - Gen Slosberg 夏夜 Co-Creator & Creative Director - Jenni Rudolph Filmmaker - Jared Chiang-Zeizel 小龙 Graphic Designer: Davi 惠芳 Cheng About LUNAR: LUNAR: The Jewish Asian Film Project showcases and celebrates the stories of Asian American Jews, through our upcoming video series, interviews, community events, and more! We're funded by the Jews of Color Initiative (jewsofcolorinitiative.org) and partnered with Be'chol Lashon (globaljews.org) to bring you meaningful and engaging content. We facilitate nuanced, honest conversations about identity, covering themes such as media representation, the model minority myth, racism, antisemitism, belonging and inclusion in Jewish spaces, family, culture, and fusion food. Edited by Jenni Rudolph and Jared Chiang-Zeizel 小龙 Music: "Benji" by Dyalla "Sunshower" by LATASHÁ "Wallflowers" by Bad Snacks B-Roll Images: Tea eggs 3.jpg Copyright owned by wiki commons user: Daniela Efitmova https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tea_eggs_3.jpg Tea eggs 4.jpg Copyright owned by wiki commons user: Daniela Efitmova https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tea_eggs_4.jpg Tea Eggs (191811731).jpeg Copyright owned by wiki commons user: Alex Kawashima https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tea_Eggs_(191811731).jpeg Gefilte Fish Copyright owned by Flickr user: Karen (vidalia_11) https://www.flickr.com/photos/56832361@N00/281072833 Noodle Kugel Copyright owned by Flickr user: cjbakker https://www.flickr.com/photos/21012448@N06/3063375749 0001jfPhilippine cuisine dishes Baliuag Bulacafvf 42.jpg Copyright owned by wiki commons user: Judgefloro https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:0001jfPhilippine_cuisine_dishes_Baliuag_Bulacafvf_42.jpg 05269jfFoods of Bulacan Philippinesfvf 40.jpg Copyright owned by wiki commons user: Judgefloro https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:05269jfFoods_of_Bulacan_Philippinesfvf_40.jpg Dal bukhara at Haandi Lounge, Edgware, London HA8 Copyright owned by Flickr user: Kake (kake_pugh) https://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/3581115033 Tadka Lentil and Mung Bean Dal with Broccoli Copyright owned by Flickr user: https://www.flickr.com/photos/4th_time/26012605705