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Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 61 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
עברית
Description
"That night I just remember running. No time to catch your breath, just running, because you want to be gone from the village before the sun comes up." -Avishai Mekonen, 400 MILES TO FREEDOM. In 1984, the Beta Israel, a secluded 2,500-year-old community of observant Jews in the northern Ethiopian mountains, fled a dictatorship and began a secret and dangerous journey of escape. Co-director Avishai Mekonen, then 10 years old, was among them. In this...
2) Gisi
Author
Language
עברית
Description
Gisi Fleischmann believed she could stop the Holocaust if only she succeeded to raise enough money. She led a resistance group in Slovakia which tried to stop the transports to Auschwitz by bribing Nazi officials. Her story has been almost forgotten, and all that's left are dozens of letters she sent all over the world hoping to raise 2 million dollars the Nazis requested as the ransom for saving European Jewry. Recently, the Slovak National Theatre...
4) The Hangman
Author
Language
עברית
Description
The life of Shalom, The Nazi major officer Adolf Eichmann's hangman, turned ritual slaughterer, encapsulates the story of Israel from the perspective of the 'other'- the marginalized Sephardi prison warden who is forced to do the dirty work of hanging the arch enemy and thus to carry a national burden that dramatically shaped his life. His job in the abattoir, together with his memories of his past, create a fascinating and complex portrait.
5) Sacred Sperm
Author
Language
עברית
Description
According to Jewish tradition, there is no forgiveness or atonement for the grave sin of 'wasting sperm'. Yet, despite its seriousness, is it possible to fulfill this commandment in today's reality?
6) Advocate
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
עברית
Description
Since the early 1970s, attorney Lea Tsemel has made a career out of defending Palestinians in Israeli courts. This documentary follows Tsemel's caseload in real-time, including the high-profile trial of a thirteen-year-old boy, her youngest client to date, while also revisiting her landmark cases and reflecting on the political and professional significance of her work, as well as the personal price one pays for assuming the role of devil's advocate....
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