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82) 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?
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A father fights for his religion. A daughter fights for love. A son fights to become a hero, not a criminal. And little grandson, affectionately called "Spike Lee," fights to chronicle their lives, their loves and their struggles as immigrant Ethiopians in Israel. Israel's first all-Ethiopian cast, major Ethiopian director and mostly Ethiopian crew.
84) 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.
86) 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.
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Avi Nesher's latest film mixes comedy with drama as it tells a coming-of-age story unlike any you've ever seen before. Arik, a teenage boy growing up in Haifa in 1968, gets a job working for Yankele Bride, a matchmaker. Yankele introduces Arik to a new world, built on the ruins of an old one. The disparate parts of Arik's life collide in unexpected, often funny and very moving ways as he lives through a summer that changes him forever.
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The Light Rail Red Line of Jerusalem's tramway connects the city from east to west, from the Palestinian neighborhoods of Shuafat and Beit Hanina to Mount Herzl-a journey that comprises the culturally complex makeup of the city. This humorous and touching film, whose cast includes Mathieu Amalric and Hana Laslo, hinges on a series of encounters along the line: simple, mundane interactions that reveal the diverse mosaic of humanity that exists in the...
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A local printer and a Brink's security guard plan a sting to rob an illegal casino and replace its cash with counterfeit money. Unfortunately for them, a group of recently fired seamstresses catches wind of the scheme and plot their own sting to steal the money in this riotous comedy.
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From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Dianetics, with over 22 million copies sold
What is the "meaning of life?" So many of us spend most of our lives searching for the answer to this age-old question. Well, what if you have had the answers all along and all you ever needed were the tools to access them?
In this groundbreaking book, Scientology: The Fundamentals of Thought, you will embark on a remarkable journey, mastering the tools...
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If you've ever felt there was something holding you back in life, ruining your plans and stopping you from being who you want to be, you were right.
The fact is, there is a single source of all your problems, stress, unhappiness and self-doubt. It's called the reactive mind-the hidden part of your mind that stores all painful experiences, then uses them against you.
With Dianetics, you can learn to control your reactive mind-freeing you to live...
95) Off White Lies
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Temporarily homeless, Libby and her father pose as refugees from the war-torn north and move in with a rich family in Jerusalem. But small white lies quickly snowball out of control.
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How do you find real happiness? It can be difficult to keep going when times are tough, or when the choices others make set you back or hinder your progress toward your goals. Here are the real-life, doable actions and attitudes that help those around you build up values based on commonly held, easy-to-understand virtues and precepts.
People from all walks of life use this book every day to dramatically improve their happiness.
"One can feel at...
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An accident during a bar mitzvah celebration leads to a gendered rift in a devout Orthodox community in Jerusalem, in this rousing, good-hearted tale about women speaking truth to patriarchal power. When the women's balcony in an Orthodox synagogue collapses, leaving the rabbi's wife in a coma and the rabbi in shock, the congregation goes into crisis. Charismatic young Rabbi David appears to be a savior after the accident, but slowly starts pushing...
98) Aida's Secrets
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A web of family secrets unravels in this moving documentary following a family fractured by war. Two brothers, Izak and Shep, were born inside the Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp in 1945 and separated as babies, never told of the other's existence. Nearly 70 years later, the discovery of family records leads the brothers to an emotional reunion with their elderly mother, Aida, who hid more from Izak and Shep than just each other.
99) Ajami
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Shakespearian in its scope and themes - revenge, loyalty, hope, and despair - Ajami draws us into the lives of two brothers fearing assassination, a young refugee working illegally to cover his mother's medical expenses, and a cop obsessed with finding his missing brother. Through this dramatic collision of different worlds, we witness cultural and religious tensions simmering beneath the surface and the tragic consequences of enemies living as neighbors....
100) The Hangman
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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.