Haredi Movies on CDRom

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AJL 44th Annual Convention Cleveland, OH
Haredi Movies on CD-Roms Current Trends in
Israeli Cinema
The Israeli Popular Literature Collection
Rachel Leket-Mor Arizona State University
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Rachel Leket-Mor has a B.A. from the Hebrew
University of Jerusalem, an M.A. from Tel Aviv
University and an M.L.I.S. from the University of
Arizona. Prior to her appointment at ASU in 2002,
she worked as a Hebrew editor with Israeli
publishers. Description The current demand for
appropriate entertaining titles in the Haredi
community in Israel is reflected, among other
things, in the growing movie industry led by
Haredi producers and directors. This interesting
sub-genre of popular Israeli cinema, consisting
of male-only actors, is intended for the whole
family. Therefore, not only these movies are
approved as G-rated by rabbis, they are also
sold in a CD-Rom format, since in many Haredi
households computers are welcome as a work tool,
while DVD players are not allowed for religious
reasons. Main themes of this genre include, quite
surprisingly, quite a lot of military stories
(some of them describing adventures of Israeli
Mossad agents), comedies, contemporary dramas
with Haredi happy endings, Hassidic tales,
historical documentaries, as well as women
movies with moving stories and heartbreaking
endings. The presentation will feature segments
of some movies and discuss their significance in
academic collections as authentic portrayal of
Haredi culture in Israel.
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The script of Koh?am shel Tehilim was rejected
because as if theyve never even read it, as if
they dont understand the Haredi
cinema. 15-17 of the Israeli population
dont go to the movies, but they have their own
movies, and I am their film maker! Say, arent
we entitled to any cultural life? Is cultural
life part of the secular way of life
only? Hared le-Sirto FILM FANATIC
(2006) Shelomo Hazan, Chanel 10.
http//www.tsofar.com/zofar/mashtap/show.asp?id11
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Koh?am shel Tehilim TEHILIM POWERS Produced by
Yehuda Grovais
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Israeli Cinema Rachel Leket-Mor, Arizona State
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Israel Film fund http//www.filmfund.org.il/ ht
tp//www.filmfund.org.il/page.aspx?section668
The Foundation for Cinema and TV
http//www.nfct.org.il/english/index.html http//
www.nfct.org.il/info.htm Gesher Multicultural
film Fund http//www.mikragesher.org.il/gesherusa/
http//www.gesherfilmfund.org.il/(S(beln12rgjoji1
xqnjiv3lj45))/Default.aspx
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Israeli Cinema Rachel Leket-Mor, Arizona State
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Reading pashkevils affixed to buildings Mea
Shearim, Jerusalem Image source
http//www.e-mago.co.il/Editor/history-1994.htm
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Pashkevil forbidding movie watching Image source
Danny Cohen's photostream _at_ Flicker.com
http//www.flickr.com/photos/dannychn/96266974/
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Miri Shneorson, Business Women http//www.haaretz.
co.il/hasite/spages/957258.html
Here women are not worried about taking a
maternity leave every year Citybook
Services http//www.citybookservices.com/about.asp
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Haredi/Dati Portals and Forums Datili
http//www.datili.co.il/index.php?id15588 Tsofar
http//www.tsofar.com Be-Hadre Haredim
http//www.bhol.co.il/forum/forum.asp?forum_id771
Haredi/Dati File Sharing Site http//www.dex.co.
il/view.php?u4622 Haredi Internet
ISPs http//www.neto2home.co.il/ http//www.kavnak
i.com/ Internet Tools Search Engine
http//www.jgog.net/ Saturday Guard
http//saturdayguard.com/index.php?urlmainlange
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Haredi Movie Industry Genres
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Mivtsa Mitgalgel mi-Tsehok A Funny and
Exciting Operation for Tikkun Middot Dinnur
Studios
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Segment from Hagigah ba-Senuker on Google Video
Segment from Charlie and a Half on YouTube
Yehudah Barken, King of Burekas Israeli
movies 1960s 1970s
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Are you sure youre alone? PG-14
The Deceased Scream Directed by Nissim Varta
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A Guide to Movie Making Yehuda Grovais
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London Freund Publishing House.
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AJL 44th Annual Convention Cleveland, OH
Haredi Movies on CD-Roms Current Trends in
Israeli Cinema
The Israeli Popular Literature Collection
Rachel Leket-Mor Arizona State University