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Only after Yona is dead does her daughter Dorona begin to learn about the secrets of her lifetime. Israeli filmmaker Shemi Zarin’s new film (the fourth to be released in the USA) continues his brilliant run of domestic dramas “laden with happiness and tears.” HIGHLY RECOMMENDED (JLH: 4.5.5) Top Photo: Dorona, her two brothers, and her […]
DAY FIVE OF THE 2014 NEW YORK JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL “Sanfur” (Shadi Mar’i) is a Palestinian teen living on the West Bank who has become the informant of an Israeli Secret Service–Shabak aka Shin Bet–officer named Razi” (Tsahi Halevi). Sanfur comes from a prominent Bethlehem family. His older brother “Ibrahim” (Hisham Suliman) is a well-known and very visible terrorist who has […]