Gali’s family has a long-lasting tradition whereby every woman who is engaged to be married has to prepare Gefilte Fish for the wedding party. Gali, who is engaged to Yaron, has received a to-be-cooked living carp from her mother and grandmother. She is torn between the pity she feels towards the fish and the need to abide by her family tradition.

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Food, like language, is an essential and fundamental part of all cultures. This documentary series sets out to survey this basic aspect of Israeli culture — historically, gastronomically, socially, politically, economically and poetically.

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60-year-old Eti Peleg buys a cheap camera and takes a trip around the world, following the footsteps of that mythical substance: chocolate.

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Yaron and Evyatar decide to travel back in time in order to create a butterfly effect that will make them and their friends rich. But this is not as easy as it seems! Quickly, they find themselves in a mess, and they must fight for their destiny. Will they succeed? Will the leading characters undergo an internal voyage that will leave them forever changed?

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When famous food personality Jamie Geller decided to fulfill her dream and make Aliyah, Nefesh B’Nefesh teamed up with her to produce a documentary series following her and her family’s exciting and emotional journey to Israel, every step of the way. An award-winning US TV producer and best-selling author in addition to cooking celebrity, Jamie was uniquely qualified to create and produce the making of such a series, portraying an honest and vivid look behind the scenes of her move. The series is made up of individual episodes offering a glimpse of the emotional moments the Geller family experienced as they packed their belongings, said goodbye to family and friends, and departed on their special Aliyah charter flight in August 2012. It also features the family’s tear-jerker landing in Israel along with hundreds of fellow Olim while documenting their first few weeks as new Israeli citizens.

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The Ben Zaken which in Hebrew literally means the “Old Son”, lives in a depressed neighborhood in the south of Israel, where people sit on benches waiting. eternally waiting, but nothing ever changes or happens. 

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Uri and Neta, the owners of the Tel Aviv Indian restaurant 24 Rupees, decide to travel to India in search of the “secret ingredient” in Indian food, only to find the secret ingredient in their lives.

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