Edut 710 (Edut- Hebrew for Testimony) was established on October 9, 2023, in response to the October 7 terrorist attacks and to document and preserve the personal stories of the survivors and victims of the attacks and to create a comprehensive digital archive encompassing thousands of filmed testimonies that would serve as a beacon of memory for educational, creative, personal and collective healing. The Project aims to ensure maximum accessibility to the public now and for future generations.
Edut 710 was founded by documentary filmmakers, historians, and mental health practitioners and operated by more than 300 volunteers.
Edut 710 has been honored with Israel’s Journalists’ Association's prestigious Rachel and Uri Avnery Prize.
Please consider supporting us to help us continue this important work.
Over the past year, Edut 710 volunteers have amassed over 1,200 video testimonies from the survivors and victims of these horrific events. Hundreds have already been published and are available to the public on Edut 710’s website and YouTube channel. Hundreds of these testimonies are currently translated into English, Arabic, Russian, French, German and Spanish.
Testimonies have been gathered from those impacted directly by the attacks, across the entire spectrum of Israeli society, regardless of religion, race, or gender. This includes the accounts of residents of the border communities, survivors of the Nova Festival massacre and other nature parties, the Bedouin community in the Negev, local civilian defense unit members, security forces, and many others.
Edut’s volunteers continue filming additional survivors and are expanding their efforts to include communities and sectors previously underrepresented in the media. During this past September alone, more than 120 new testimonies were recorded.
The accounts are cataloged in an innovative, extensive, digital archive designed to preserve every testimony and detail through advanced technologies for content management, archiving, and accessibility.
Our key partners include: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale University, Oranim Academic College of Education and Society, the National Library of Israel, the IDF’s 8200 Alumni Association, Microsoft and film festivals. Additional support has come from Yad Tabenkin, Yad Yaari, the Ministry of Diaspora Affairs, and several technology firms such as Wix, Monday, Oona, Verbit, Priority, Masterdam, and others
Your support helps us capture additional stories of the thousands of survivors who are still waiting for their voices to be heard
** To make a tax-deductible donation, please get in touch with Neta Dekel, Finance Manager, directly at neta@netadekel.com or via WhatsApp.
