The Ruins of Lifta
2016, English. Directed by Menachem Daum & Oren Rudavsky.
Lifta, on the outskirts of Jerusalem, is the only Arab village abandoned in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war that has not been completely destroyed or repopulated by Jews. Its ruins are now threatened by an Israeli development plan that would convert it into an upscale Jewish neighborhood. Filmmaker Menachem Daum – an Orthodox Jew from Brooklyn – sets out to discover the story behind the headlines.
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- 1h 10m
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- English
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- 23 September 2016
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- Menachem Daum, Oren Rudavsky
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The Ruins of Lifta isn’t on a subscription OTT platform in India, but you can rent it or buy it online. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Ruins of Lifta?
The Ruins of Lifta (2016) was directed by Menachem Daum and Oren Rudavsky.