The bravery of van Hall, who was recognised as a Righteous Among the Nations at Yad Vashem in 1978, is powerfully told. Together, they stole $250million from Nazi-controlled coffers and borrowed an additional $250m from other bankers to carry out attacks, smuggle Allied pilots to safety and provide financial support to at least 8,000 Jews in hiding during World War II. Available on NetflixĬhosen as Netherland’s entry for next year’s Oscars, The Resistance Banker shows the audacious actions of Walraven van Hall and his brother, Gijsbert, members of a prominent banking family, who for three years bankrolled the Dutch resistance. The gripping plot tells the story of high-ranking Egyptian official Ashraf Marwan, who became a spy for Israel despite being the son-in-law of former Egyptian President Garmal Abdel Nasser and adviser to his successor, Anwar Sadat. This real-life thriller is directed by Ariel Vromen and based on Uri Bar-Joseph’s bestselling novel, The Angel: The Egyptian Spy Who Saved Israel. Chuma sees it as a sign and insists they were spared to become his guardian angels and also grant wishes to others who have left prayers in the sacred wall.
They visit the Western Wall to give thanks, where they accidentally pull out a note left by a man who asks for God’s help in rekindling the passion in his marriage - he earns little and must work long hours, leaving no time for romance.
Available on Amazon Video to rent or buyĪ box office hit in its native Israel, Maktub revolves around Steve (Guy Amir) and Chuma (Hanan Savyon) as two small-time gangsters, who decide to change their ways after becoming the sole survivors of a terrorist attack at a restaurant in Jerusalem. This stranger-than-fiction documentary, which won an Emmy Award earlier this year, deals with the racist subculture among fans of Jerusalem’s Beitar soccer club, Israeli director Maya Zinshtein’s film focuses on La Familia, a group of far-right, anti-Arab Beitar fans and their response to the team signing its first Muslim players - two Chechens - as well as to the wave of lone-wolf attacks that engulfed Israel in 2015.
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A second series is already in the works for the thrilling drama, which won best series at the first Canneseries festival earlier this year. Written and directed by Omri Givron, co-creator of Hostages and based on a book by Amir Gutfreund, the show tells the story of four veterans of a special commando unit from the 2006 Lebanon War who reunite for a final mission – to rescue the girlfriend of one of the commandos, who has been abducted by a cartel in Columbia.
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Sign up for a free 30-day trial of Amazon Prime Video here.Available on Amazon Video and included with Prime Just when you think it can’t get any more Jewish, the cast takes off to the Borscht Belt in the Catskills for the second series. Created by Gilmore Girls writer Amy Sherman-Palladino, and inspired by her Jewish comedian father, the show is a homage to all things Jewish, from bris and brisket, to Palwin and pickles. Rachel Brosnahan stars as Miriam “Midge” Maisel, a young Jewish 1950s housewife-turned aspiring stand-up comic, alongside Alex Borstein as her manager, Susie Myerson, and Tony Shalhoub as her bewildered father, Abe. With more shtick than you can shake a stick at, The Marvelous Mrs Maisel, which picked up no fewer than eight Emmy Awards the first time around, has just returned for a new series. The visually-stunning film features footage shot by Academy Award-nominee César Charlone ( City of God).
In Red Trees, she traces the perilous journey taken by the family, as told through the voice of her father, Alfred (narrated by Tim Pigott-Smith), from war-torn Eastern Europe to the solace of South America. Get The Jewish News Daily Edition by email and never miss our top storiesĪward-winning director Marina Willer’s father was among only 12 Jewish families to survive the Nazi occupation of Prague during the Second World War.