Can you be a Catholic priest and an Observant Jew at the same time? 12 years after he was ordained as a Polish Catholic priest comes the discovery that he was born to Jewish parents. The film follows his amazing journey: from conducting mass in a church in Poland, to life as an observant Jew in a religious kibbutz in Israel. Torn between two identities, he is unable to renounce either, and consequently, he is unaccepted by both religions, as well as the State of Israel. Now, he is required to choose.
Year: 2011
Language: Polish, Hebrew, French, and English languages; English subtitles
Director: Ronit Kertsner
Producers: Ronit Kertsner, Noga Communications, Makor Fund
Meet Menachem and Fred, an Israeli professor and an American space engineer, brothers who are now reuniting as adults. When they separated during the Holocaust, Fred moved to New York, changed his full name, and raised all-American Christians. Menachem is a religious Jew and lives near his childr...
Hidden behind heavy metal doors of an old Jerusalem bomb shelter, lies a tiny animation studio. Every week, several children of Russian immigrants meet to create a colorful carnival of monsters and earthquakes. “Wild Kids" illuminates the subversive world of two talented teenage artists, Zalman a...
Funny, witty, bold, and revealing, meet 10 resilient elderly folks surviving old age with a vengeance. The film cohesively samples a cultural variety of personalities in modern-day Israel and provides an inspiring outlook about what it means to be old today.
Year: 2018
Language: Hebrew, Arabic, ...
