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English Hebrew Bilingual children's book. Perfect for kids learning English or Hebrew as their second language.
This story is about a caterpillar who accidentally went on an adventure, traveling far away from her home in the forest. She had an exciting experience, trying new foods and exploring new places. But at the end, she was the most happy to come back home to her family.
2) Here and Now
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A social drama told through the eyes of Andrey, a young immigrant living with his sister in the slums of the city Ashdod and struggling to assimilate into Israeli society, who forms a hip-hop band with his best friends. Their dream of taking part in the competition is all but shattered when Andrey suffers a crisis at home. Andrey juggles caring for his sister, rehearsing, and working all at once.
4) Box For Life
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Noah Klieger is the last living survivor of the boxing team of Auschwitz and the oldest active journalist in the world. In between, he saw from close up and survived many of the defining events of the 20th century, and some of the events he may have even steered a bit. 91-year old Klieger is a Jewish Forrest Gump.
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Mekimi volume 1
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Alma hosts a jovial Purim television special despite the massacre in Hebron that day. She meets her new roommate, Ben, and they form a deep bond. They travel to Sinai together where they come face-to-face with death. Brenner convinces Ben to attend a lesson by Rabbi Daniel, A Breslau adherent.
6) Sacred Sperm
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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?
7) Shoelaces
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"Shoelaces" tells the story of a complicated relationship between an aging father and his special-needs son, whom he abandoned while he was still a young boy. Reuben's (60) kidneys are failing and his son Gadi (35), wants to donate one of his own kidney's to help save his father's life. However, the transplant committee objects to the procedure claiming that Rueben, acting as Gadi's sole legal guardian, does not have the right to authorize such an...
8) After Munich
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On September 5th 1972, Palestinian terrorists stormed the Israeli athletes' quarters. Eleven were taken hostage. Eleven killed. The world saw it all live on television.
Four women were directly impacted that day: An athlete, a widow, and two undercover agents. But they weren't the only ones. After Munich, the world's relationship to terrorism changed. It became personal.
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Thirtysomething Alon stumbles and bumbles along with his two younger brothers as he tries to manage his grandmother's funeral on the same day as a secret military operation on an Israeli kibbutz. Operation Grandma is winner of an Israeli Academy Award and one of the country's biggest cult favorites.
10) Harmonia
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A contemporary variation of the biblical story of Abraham, Sarah and Hagar. Sarah, a harpist of the Jerusalem Philharmonic Orchestra is married to Abraham, its conductor.
When Hagar, a young Palestinian horn player joins the orchestra, the thin balance in their family is shaken. Harmonia uncovers the metaphoric emotional roots of the ancient conflict between the two peoples living in Jerusalem, now seeking harmony through a dramatic encounter between...
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A Matter of Size is an Israeli comedy (yes, comedy!) like nothing you've seen before, a hilarious and heart-warming tale about about a coming out of a different kind: four overweight guys who learn to love themselves through the Japanese sport of sumo wrestling!Herzl (Itzik Cohen) has been struggling with his weight ever since he was young, and his overbearing mother made it no easier on him. His friends Aharon (Dvir Benedek) and Gidi (Alon Dahan)...
12) In Between
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In director Maysaloun Hamoud's remarkable feature debut, three Palestinian women sharing an apartment in the vibrant heart of Tel Aviv find themselves doing the same balancing act between tradition and modernity, citizenship and culture, fealty and freedom.
13) Powder
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Against the backdrop of a family dealing with illness and death, Ayal is repeatedly called for reserve duty as a Tank Commander in the Israeli army.
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The year is 1947. 18-year old Margalit from a village in northern Israel loves theater and dreams of becoming an actress. One day she falls in love with 24-year old Eli from Kibbutz Beit Keshet. She tries to get close to him, hoping he'll fall for her, but things don't go so smoothly. He has a girlfriend and is busy with the dramatic events preceding the birth of Israel. Slowly the barriers come down, Margalit moves in with Eli and they set up a date...
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Discover the first breakthroughs unlocking the unlimited potential of your mind.
"The basic individual is not a buried, unknown or different person, but an intensity of all that is best and most able in the person." -L. Ron Hubbard
In this book you will:
• Find out what drives life
• Discover the four "compartments" of life
• Discover what basic personality really is
• Learn about the mind, its function and operation
• Learn about the primary...
16) In Bed
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Guy and his best friend Joy are enjoying the gay pride parade to the fullest, when their bliss is abruptly put to an end by a shooting. Fleeing the scene into the safety of Guy's home, they enter a night full of sex, drugs and paranoia.
17) Honorable Men
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Honorable Men tells the story of former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's rise and fall. Creating a portrait of a multifaceted man and providing a behind-the-scenes look at the mechanisms that control politics, justice, war and peace.
18) Past Life
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Inspired by true events, "Past Life" tracks the daring 1977 trans-European odyssey of two sisters – one an introverted ambitious classical music composer, and the other a combative liberal magazine editor. As they try to unravel a disturbing wartime mystery that has cast a foreboding shadow on their entire lives, they realize that freedom from the shackles of the past requires painful sacrifices, as does the struggle to discover one's unique voice....
19) Qassam
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Qassam tells the story of the city of Sderot and the people who live there. The city has been attacked by thousands of Palestinian Qassam rockets since 2001. The film was produced in 2004 and 2005. This documentary has been screened around the world including American and Canadian television.
20) Dark Side
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A Holocaust survivor opens up to his family about taking murderous revenge on the soldiers that killed his family in WWII.