Shoshelet Schwartz Amir Hasfari Shmuel Hasfari [videorecording]= Schwartz Dynasty

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TextLanguage: Hebrew Summary language: English Original language: Hebrew Subtitle language: English, Russian, Hebrew Publication details: Israel JCS Content 2005Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 99 min.) sound, color. 4 3/4 inOther title:

Schwartz Dynasty

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Schwartz Dynasty

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PN1997 .S567 2005

Summary: From Case Cover: Moving melodrama and comedy come together as families intertwine and worlds collide in Schwartz Dynasty. In a family of famous rabbis, Miriam Schwartz's life falls apart after her husband, the head of a religious council, commits suicide in the wake of a financial scandal. As an act of devotion, she's determined to be buried at his side is a section of the cemetary for those who have taken their own lives. In the maze of religious bureaucracy, Miriam meets Anna, a beautiful RUssian immigrant who must prove that her father was a Jew in order to fulfill his wish to be buried in the holy land. In the midst of these solemn proceedings, offbeat characters pepper the story with satire. Miriam Schwartz's son "Bomba" is an endearing but umbling loser running for local political office. Miriam's grandson Avishai is a 24-year-old Orthodox Jew and a pot smoker. And don't forget Alex: a surgeon from Russia sho's now a butcher selling non-kosher meat. The ancient rabbis would be rolling in their graves ...

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
DVD - Video	SILC Learning Support Services DH132-DVD-D: DVD Cabinet D	PN1997 .S567 2005	Available		003031

From Case Cover:
Moving melodrama and comedy come together as families intertwine and worlds collide in Schwartz Dynasty.

In a family of famous rabbis, Miriam Schwartz's life falls apart after her husband, the head of a religious council, commits suicide in the wake of a financial scandal. As an act of devotion, she's determined to be buried at his side is a section of the cemetary for those who have taken their own lives. In the maze of religious bureaucracy, Miriam meets Anna, a beautiful RUssian immigrant who must prove that her father was a Jew in order to fulfill his wish to be buried in the holy land.

In the midst of these solemn proceedings, offbeat characters pepper the story with satire. Miriam Schwartz's son "Bomba" is an endearing but umbling loser running for local political office. Miriam's grandson Avishai is a 24-year-old Orthodox Jew and a pot smoker. And don't forget Alex: a surgeon from Russia sho's now a butcher selling non-kosher meat.

The ancient rabbis would be rolling in their graves ...

DVD video; Dolby Digital 5.1; surround; NTSC; Region All; 16:9 widescreen.

Hebrew audio. Optional English, Hebrew and Russian subtitles.

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