Films for the Humanities and Sciences

Israel

This jarring program chiefly uses the ideological battle between ultra-orthodox Jews and Zionists to examine the division between religion and politics in Israel. Leaders of religious parties attack the thinking of Tommy Lapid, minister of justice and leader of Shinui, the main party advocating secularism. In addition, candid firsthand accounts illustrate the identity crises faced by many Israeli Arabs. Also featured are perspectives of neutral Jews from Poland to Morocco, Ethiopia to Russia, who have emigrated to the progressive city of Ashdod to escape the otherwise dominant religious and secular debate. (37 minutes)

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Item#: BVL33614
Copyright date: ©2003
VHS ISBN 978-0-7365-9834-7
DVD ISBN 978-0-7365-9835-4

Part of the Series : Faultlines: The Search for Political and Religious Links


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