Brad Rothschild is a documentary filmmaker in NYC. He produced Kinderblock 66: Return to Buchenwald and directed “African Exodus,” about Israel’s African refugees. He is currently directing a documentary film about Raoul Wallenberg. Brad’s written work has appeared in The Atlantic, Foreign Policy, The Huffington Post and The Times of Israel.
Brad Rothschild
By Brad Rothschild
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Over the past few weeks, the government of Israel has initiated a number of measures designed to bring an end to their African asylum seeker problem. The plight of tens of thousands of Africans, mostly Sudanese and Eritrean, who over the past decade have sought asylum in Israel after escaping dictatorship, war and genocide, is…
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