David Lombroso
David is a Brooklyn-based writer and filmmaker whose work mines the humor and heartbreak at the intersection of identity, inheritance, and assimilation. As a 2023–24 Jewish Writers’ Initiative Fellow, David developed and wrote PERPETUITY, a horror feature that satirizes the insidious spread of antisemitism through the outbreak of a bloodthirsty mind-virus at a summer camp in the Catskills. His debut feature NEXT YEAR IN JERUSALEM is slated for production in early 2026, and his comedy series SHTICK is currently out to streamers.
Doron Drew Feldman
Drew Feldman is a Jewish-American director and writer whose work spans network television, film, documentaries, animation, commercials, and music videos. His films have screened at over 20 festivals worldwide, including Pivot Pals (Best of Fest, Rochester; now on Omeleto) and Touch of Grey (Golden List 2021, co-written with Derek Weissbein).
On television, Drew has directed for REELZ (Murder Made Me Famous, Price of Fame, Johnny Cash: Road to Redemption) and Lifetime (#TextMeWhenYouGetHome), and served as showrunner for The Jewish Story on Unpacked.
For JWI, Drew developed Herzl, a movie-musical about Theodor Herzl–a failed playwright who, shocked by the Dreyfus Affair, abandons everything in a desperate bid to save his people. Scorned by the elite and risking it all, he stages the First Zionist Congress, changing Jewish history forever
Drew’s background includes acting Off-Broadway, touring nationally, and directing theater in the US and Israel. He is a Drama League Fellow and a graduate of Oklahoma City University and the National Theater Institute.
Adam Epstein
Agnostic Jewish American private investigator Allen Sobel is sent to Israel by a rabbi to find the true Messiah that he thinks is being held in a mental ward that treats individuals suffering from Jerusalem Syndrome, a psychological condition that afflicts people that go to the Holy City which causes them to believe that they […]