Israel, Austria, Denmark and USA 2009, 93 min, English, Hebrew, Russian and Polish, Hebrew and English subtitles

Best Research Award - Docaviv 2009

What is anti-Semitism today, two generations after the Holocaust? In his continuing exploration of modern Israeli life, director Yoav Shamir (Checkpoints, Flipping Out) travels the world in search of the most modern manifestations of the “oldest hatred", and comes up with some startling answers. He follows American Jewish leaders to the capitals of Europe, and a class of Israeli high school students on a pilgrimage to Auschwitz. Opinions often differ and tempers sometimes flare, but in Defamation we find that one thing is certain - only by understanding their response to anti-Semitism can we really appreciate how Jews today, and especially modern Israelis, respond to the world around them, in New York and in Moscow, in Gaza and Tel Aviv.