SAN DIEGO — Here is another installment of movies of direct Jewish interest that you can watch at home. Links to previous installments may be found here and here.
Go2Films/On Demand Pages: Israeli films available for rental streaming;
Jewish Film Institute: Rentals for streaming.
Jewish Life TV (DirecTV): Available for subscription.
The Angel (Netflix): A disaffected Egyptian official becomes a spy for Israel.
Atomic Falafel (Netflix): The prospect of a nuclear war between Israel and Iran is not funny, but it can be when it is treated in a style that is reminiscent of Airplane and The Hebrew Hammer.
The Awakening of Motti Wolkenbruch (Netflix): A single orthodox Swiss man gets tired of his parents arranging dates for him and falls in love with a Gentile woman.
The Beauty and the Baker (Showtime): Israeli romantic comedy series about the relationship between an ordinary baker and a supermodel.
The Cakemaker (Netflix): A gay German baker is having an affair with an Israeli man. When the Israeli suddenly dies, the baker goes to Israel to work in the restaurant owned by the man’s wife.
Happyish (Showtime and Hulu): A one season series about an advertising man married to a Jewish woman whose fraught relationship with Judaism and her mother is a recurring theme. It was created and written by acclaimed Jewish author Shalom Auslander.
Numbered (Netflix): Documentary about how Israeli survivors and their relatives view the numbers tattooed on their arms.
One of Us (Netflix): Documentary about 3 former pious Hasidim trying to live secular lives.
Prisoners of War (Showtime): Three Israeli soldiers held prisoners in Lebanon for 17 years return to their families and have trouble coping with their families and their fame. Homeland was adapted from this series.
Schitt’s Creek (Netflix): After being defrauded of their wealth, a formerly rich half-Jewish family moves to a little town they purchased as a birthday joke for their son.
A Touch Away (Amazon) Israeli series about star-crossed lovers: a secular Russian immigrant and an ultra-Orthodox woman set in Bnei Brak.
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Lawrence Baron, Ph.D, is professor emeritus of history at San Diego State University and the author of Projecting the Holocaust into the Present. He may be contacted via lawrence.baron@sdjewishworld.com
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