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An ultra-Orthodox rom-com and a weighty family drama offer fresh glimpses of ultra-Orthodox community

Diana Wichtel: four generations of ultra-Orthodox Jews in TV show Shtisel 16 Apr, 2021 04:00 AM 4 minutes to read Shtisel is an Israeli television drama series about an ultra-orthadox family living in Guela, Jerusalem, streaming on Netflix. Photo / Supplied Shtisel is an Israeli television drama series about an ultra-orthadox family living in Guela, Jerusalem, streaming on Netflix. Photo / Supplied On a packed shuttle from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv, a woman got on, lightly dressed for summ...

Michael Mayer, director and co-writer of the 2012 Israeli drama Out in the Dark, returns with HAPPY TIMES, a decidedly raucous horror-comedy,  to be released on DVD, Blu-ray, and streaming platforms on February 9th. Synopsis: An Israeli American couple invite friends and family over to their Hollywood mansion for a Shabbat dinner party. But a deadly mix of alcohol, inflated egos, inappropriate lust and raging jealousy turns the sedate affair into a cauldron of murderous mayhem. Filmed with a...

Beyond the Old City walls, in a neighborhood where names of the dead echo against stone, the squabbles, loves, joys and doubts of ultra-Orthodox Jews play out — often with piercing humor — in a modern-day drama balanced between devotion to God and the yearnings and imperfections of his creations. Advertisement (Dori Media) The Israeli TV boom comes at a time, Ziv notes, in which “the world has become a more international village and audiences are more willing to hear foreign languages an...