Some of you know parts of my family’s story, but many of you don’t. I’m sharing it publicly now because I need your help to make a short film inside my childhood home before that home is gone.

I grew up with a father who struggled with addiction and a mother who did everything she could to hold our family together while raising three children largely on her own. What kept us anchored was our home — a modest house passed down from my Yemenite grandfather, who came to Israel in the 1930s and built his life there.

A few months ago, we were told that we have to leave. The municipality is reclaiming the land, and the house will soon be evacuated and demolished. My family was given an extension until the children’s summer break, which gives us a very small but real window to film there. We are scheduled to shoot at the end of May.

That is why I am making a short film called The Divide.

Set over the course of one morning inside the real house, the film follows a mother, a father, and a municipal lawyer meeting to discuss eviction and the division of compensation. What begins as a practical conversation slowly becomes something much deeper: a reckoning with the end of a thirty-year marriage and the quiet unraveling of a family.

We have the crew, the plan, and the location. Many people are generously donating their time, and we are keeping the production as lean as possible. I am raising $34,000 to cover the essential out-of-pocket costs needed to make the film — including camera and lighting, sound, art department, and post-production — so we can shoot in the home before it disappears.

If this story moves you, any support would mean a great deal and would help us bring this film to life in the place where it truly belongs.

All funds will go directly toward production expenses in Israel and will be administered through an Israeli production company for the film.