Jacob de Haan: A Voice Out of Time
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Jacob de Haan: A Voice Out of Time
The death of Jacob Israel de Haan is commemorated annually by both the ultra-Orthodox Jews of Neturei Karta in Jerusalem and the LGBTQ+ community in Amsterdam. He is a pioneer for both. In the early twentieth century, he published the first LGBTQ novel in the Netherlands. He then returned to his Jewish roots, migrated to Palestine as a Zionist, but became the spokesperson for the Orthodox community, spearheading its fight against Zionism. He was still publishing queer poetry in Dutch. He was killed in Jerusalem in 1924, and his assassins were never caught. Today, never-before-heard audio recordings shed new light upon the mystery of the first Zionist political assassination.
Festivals and Awards:
Jerusalem Film Festival, Israel, 2024
Director: Zvi Lanzman
Producer: Zvi Lanzman, Mira Mendel
Production Company: Tree House Productions, Interakt
Soundtrack Editor: Rotem Dror
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, Kan the Israeli Public Broadcast corporation (IPBC), Van Leer Institute, EO Netherlands
Script: Shira Clara Winther
Subtitles: Hebrew, English
Film Name in Hebrew: דה-האן: קול מחוץ לזמן
Category: Borders and Periphery / History / Human Rights / Identity / International Stories / Israeli-Palestinian Conflict / Jerusalem / Judaism and Jewish Culture / LGBT / Religion / Zionism
Tag Words: Amsterdam Dutch Jerusalem LGBTQ+ Neturei Karta Orthodox Community poetry political assassination Zionism
The death of Jacob Israel de Haan is commemorated annually by both the ultra-Orthodox Jews of Neturei Karta in Jerusalem and the LGBTQ+ community in Amsterdam. He is a pioneer for both. In the early twentieth century, he published the first LGBTQ novel in the Netherlands. He then returned to his Jewish roots, migrated to Palestine as a Zionist, but became the spokesperson for the Orthodox community, spearheading its fight against Zionism. He was still publishing queer poetry in Dutch. He was killed in Jerusalem in 1924, and his assassins were never caught. Today, never-before-heard audio recordings shed new light upon the mystery of the first Zionist political assassination.
Festivals and Awards:
Jerusalem Film Festival, Israel, 2024
Director: Zvi Lanzman
Producer: Zvi Lanzman, Mira Mendel
Production Company: Tree House Productions, Interakt
Soundtrack Editor: Rotem Dror
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, Kan the Israeli Public Broadcast corporation (IPBC), Van Leer Institute, EO Netherlands
Script: Shira Clara Winther
Subtitles: Hebrew, English
Film Name in Hebrew: דה-האן: קול מחוץ לזמן
Category: Borders and Periphery / History / Human Rights / Identity / International Stories / Israeli-Palestinian Conflict / Jerusalem / Judaism and Jewish Culture / LGBT / Religion / Zionism
Tag Words: Amsterdam Dutch Jerusalem LGBTQ+ Neturei Karta Orthodox Community poetry political assassination Zionism