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Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
Français
Description
Yoav, a disaffected young Israeli who flees Tel Aviv for Paris to start a new life. Desperate to erase his origins, Yoav sees France as his only hope for salvation. He vows not to utter a single word of Hebrew, his French dictionary becoming his constant companion. He is swiftly befriended by a strange young French couple who enmesh him in a very Parisian love triangle.
Author
Publisher
Other Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Four months before Hitler came to power, Saul Friedländer was born in Prague to a middle-class Jewish family. In 1939, seven-year-old Saul and his family were forced to flee to France, where they lived through the German Occupation, until his parents' ill-fated attempt to flee to Switzerland. They were able to hide their son in a Roman Catholic seminary before being sent to Auschwitz where they were killed. After an imposed religious conversion,...
Publisher
Contre-Champs
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Did a massacre at Jenin take place? This documentary explores the tumultuous events of April, 2002 during the Israel Operation Defensive Shield. Interweaves candid Palestinian and Israeli interviews with archival footage to recount in detail the key events of the Jenin battle. Addressing Palestinian accusations and Israeli explanations head on, this documentary establishes the details of this highly charged incident.
Publisher
Sisu Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005].
Language
עברית
Description
At the tender age of 10, Yoni Schreiber is a boy beyond his years; his mother is a Holocaust survivor, his father a veteran of Israel's War of Independence. After being assaulted by a youth gang, Yoni and his friends plot their revenge, a battle of honor, to fall on Independence Day. But only in their moment of truth does it become clear that this is no kid's game. Set in the tense atmoshere of 1950's Israel, this incisive film about rival groups...
Author
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Shabtai Shavit, director of the Mossad from 1989-1996, is one of the most influential leaders to shape the recent history of the State of Israel. In this entertaining and engaging book, Shavit combines memoir with sober reflection to reveal what happened during the seven years he led what is widely recognized today as one of the most powerful and proficient intelligence agencies in the world. Shavit provides an inside account of his intelligence...