A Jew­ish Prob­lem

Between 2007 and 2010, Ron served as a military cameraman in Israel. Now living in Berlin, war feels distant — yet traces of home, memories of Palestine, and the echoes of violence remain ever-present. Told in his own voice, this documentary traces a painful, personal heritage of displacement across Berlin, Palestine, and Israel. Through intimate conversations with his grandmother Ruth, family archives, and raw footage from his time as a soldier in the occupied territories, the film moves between past and present, between personal memory and collective history — connecting Ruth’s exile, his own, and that of the Palestinians.

Credits

Cast:

Ron Rothschild – Voiceover

Ruth Rothschild – Interview

Script:

Ron Rothschild

Camera:

Ron Rothschild

Julien Mayer

Fion Mutert

Masha Biller

Sina Aghazadeh

Editing:

Astrid Hohle Hansen

Producer:

Yusuf Çelik

Music:

Georg Mausolf

Tondesign:

Vadim Mühlberg

Film info

Direction:

Ron Rothschild

Genre:

documentary

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2025

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

4:3

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

4:3

Sound format:

5.1

Language:

English, German and Hebrew with English and German subtitles

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

79 min