Starting with the character of ‘New Jew’ - the ‘newly born’ Jew who survived the Holocaust and is focused on rebuilding his roots in the newly born Jewish state - in the 1940s and 50s, the portrayal of Holocaust survivors has changed considerably in Israeli films overtime. This session will explore how historical events such as the capture of Adolf Eichmann and the Yom Kippur War, as well as the psychological effect of the Holocaust on survivors’ children changed the way Holocaust survivors were portrayed in Israeli cinema from the establishment of the State of Israel to the new millennium.