Jonathan Gruber

Upheaval

Jonathan Gruber

Imprisoned by the Soviets. Orphaned by the Holocaust. Elected Prime Minister. Crowned peacemaker by the Nobel Prize Committee. Haunted by the Lebanon War. Menachem Begin was a pillar of the State of Israel and a tireless fighter for the Jewish people. He was, at the same time, a controversial leader. His life is a nuanced and complicated canvas that tells the story of key events in the history of modern Israel and its relationship to its Middle East neighbors. With evocative imagery, rarely seen archival materials, and revealing interviews with those who knew him, Upheaval portrays the life and essence of this brilliant, tough, complex, loving, and proud man who never compromised when the survival of Israel and the Jewish people were at stake.

Follow Me: The Yoni Netanyahu Story

Jonathan Gruber, Ari Daniel Pinchot

July 4, 1976, Entebbe, Uganda - Led by Lieutenant Colonel Yonatan Netanyahu, crack Israeli commandos burst inside a non-descript airline terminal, killing stunned terrorists and evacuating 103 hostages. A lone shot sounds in the night, and Yonatan Netanyahu, brother of current Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, lay dead. Follow Me is an intimate story that penetrates the tough exterior of the only soldier killed in Entebbe.

Stu

Jonathan Gruber

Stuart Eizenstat

A short film profiling the life of U.S. Ambassador to the E.U. Stuart “Stu” Eizenstat. Eizenstat is known for working with President Jimmy Carter and advising him on the political situation in the Near East. Stuart Eizenstat lobbied for the creation of the Holocaust museum in the U.S., and as a politician worked hard to help those who survived the Holocaust. During the Clinton Administration, Stuart served as the Special Representative of the President and Secretary of State on Holocaust-Era Issues, negotiating payments for slave and forced laborers, as well as Kindertransport survivors. Stu is a film-interview that tells about Eizenstat’s career. It features presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, as well as many other political leaders of note.