Ben Oyserman

David, a child refugee from Nazi-occupied Poland, arrives in British Palestine and begins a search for his father who promised to meet him there after the war.

One of fifteen films made by beloved author Joseph Krumgold working with Norman Lourie, ISRAEL HOUSE IN THE DESERT won a medal for best documentary at the Venice Film Festival in 1948. The film was used to raise money and awareness in the United States about the plight of Jewish settlers in Palestine as part of the United Palestine Appeal of 1947-48.