Home Front

Joseph Dana is a freelance journalist based in the Middle East and Africa. He has written for Le Monde Diplomatique, The Nation, GQ (Germany), London Review of Books and the Mail & Guardian among other publications. Dana also files radio reports about cultural, business and political issues in the West Bank and Israel for Monocle 24 in London. Spending half the year in Africa and half in the Middle East, Dana is currently working on a memoir about identity politics and family history in Israel/Palestine.

Nadav Greenberg worked with Just Vision from 2013-2013, most recently serving as the Media and Public Relations Manager. He was responsible for formulating Just Vision’s outreach and press strategy in the US and internationally, and liaising with communities who wish to learn more about Just Vision’s work. In this capacity, he has spoken before audiences across the United States, Israel and beyond, especially in conjunction with Just Vision’s newest documentary films, Budrus and Home Front: Portraits from Sheikh Jarrah.

A graduate of the The George Washington University, Jesus has written for the National Geographic Channel and has worked for Agence France-Presse, International Jewish Monthly magazine, and Safeworld Productions: A Ted Turner Documentary Film Company. He also provided production assistance for JWM Productions on "Besa - The Promise" a documentary film about the Albanian Muslims who saved Jews during the Holocaust.

Irene worked with Just Vision from 2008-2013, most recently serving as the Strategic Projects Coordinator, where she worked to expand the reach of the organization projects that tell the stories of nonviolent resistance and community organizers. Her work focused on transporting these projects into new media and mediums that transcend barriers to their impact.

Rebekah has over twelve years of producing, directing and editing experience in film and television. She worked on films that aired on Al Arabiya, the Discovery Channel, and PBS. Rebekah lived in the West Bank for eight years where she worked with Palestinian and Israeli filmmakers to produce films (Swish, Swish) and documentaries (A Good Samaritan).
She also taught filmmaking at Al Quds University and Dar Al Kalima College. Rebekah has managed several youth media projects in the Middle East including a Palestinian-Israeli video exchange project.

Julia Bacha is a Peabody and Guggenheim award-winning filmmaker and the Creative Director at Just Vision, an organization that fills a media gap on Israel-Palestine through independent storytelling and strategic audience engagement. Since graduating Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Columbia University, she has strategically used documentary film to foster constructive conversations on some of the most divisive issues of our times.

Rula Salameh is a veteran journalist, community organizer and the Education and Outreach Director in Palestine for Just Vision, an organization that fills a media gap on Israel-Palestine through independent storytelling and strategic audience engagement. She produced three of Just Vision’s films - Budrus (2009), My Neighbourhood (2012) and Naila and the Uprising (2017) - and has led the team’s public engagement efforts across Palestinian society for over 13 years.

Jessica Devaney is a Brooklyn-based producer and the founder of Multitude Films, an independent production company dedicated to telling stories by and about underrepresented communities. Her latest film, ALWAYS IN SEASON (Independent Lens), premiered in competition at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival and won the Special Jury Award for Moral Urgency.