‘When the plane landed, I started crying, felt like home,’ Indigenous Canadian says of Israel trip
“Witnessing both the highs and lows of what the Jewish people have faced, and still face, alongside other First Nations, Métis and Inuit participants deepened our connection and understanding,” Crystal Lavallee told JNS.
Canadians of indigenous ancestry are still mulling over a trip they took to Israel last fall and are looking forward to the release of a documentary about that experience. “The Lands Between Us” is slated to be screened in early March in Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver with support, in part, from the Israeli embassy in Canada.
“I miss being on the land and with the people,” Crystal Lavallee, a filmmaker from the Niagara area in Ontario, who is of Métis and Greek descent, told JNS. “Witnessing both the highs and lows of what the Jewish people have faced, and still face, alongside other First Nations, Métis and Inuit participants deepened our connection and understanding.”
