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 Lod
 A city of mixed Arab and Jewish population

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Heymann Brothers Films presents:

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A film by Nitzan Ofir & Barak Heymann

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Home?

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I want to bake a chocolate cake.

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What kind of chocolate cake?
- A cake.

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I'll check on the internet.

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You want to check online?
- Yes.

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How do you think I make a cake?

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Almost Friends

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When I went to school
in Gedera (Jewish town),

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there were lots of Jews
and no Arabs there.

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We were only
three Arab families,

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so we went to a Jewish school and...

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I was 12.

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My father said:
You should learn Arabic

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so they put me in an Arab school
and I didn't understand a thing.

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But mom, can you tell me
why I'm in a Jewish school

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and not in an Arab school?

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Your big brothers
were in an Arab school

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and they put them down
because even though we live here,

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there's no investment
in Arab schools.

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and you should know Hebrew anyway,

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it's the language we have to learn
because we live here.

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So you can get ahead in life.

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Here, it turned out well.

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Here, put this in a bag.

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A sandwich bag?
-Yes.

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And this.

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Once when
you were in kindergarden

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you  said:
Mom, let's celebrate Passover.

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And I said: Samar, we're Arabs.

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What you learn
doesn't make you a Jew.

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You're an Arab.

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I have a picture from
Israel's Independence Day

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where I was wearing something
made of paper. -A flag.

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And I was covered
with Israeli flags.

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You also have pictures from Hannuka
when you're dressed up as a candle.

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But that doesn't mean
you have to celebrate like a Jew.

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You know you're a Muslim, right?
And you should be proud

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because your dad was from the West Bank.

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Be proud of your father.
See how handsome he was.

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I know he was handsome.

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He was from the West Bank.
That's the truth.

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But I'm not...

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I'm not from the West Bank.

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I'm an Israeli.

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Right, you're from here.

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But originally?
-From here. -No.

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Originally.

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You're from here.
-Your father wasn't.

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Be proud of what you are
because that's how God created you.

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So accept yourself as you are,
you're whole.

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Lod School

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Hello.

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Danny.

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Didn't you see me?

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Did you see me?
-Yes.

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Hello, children.
-Hello.

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Please sit down.

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Hanan.
-Here.

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Shlomo. -Here.

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Nadim. -Here.
-Abed. -Here.

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Danny. -Here.
-Noa. -Here.

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-Eden. -Here.
- Samar. -Here

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Mayar.
-Here.

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Shira. -Here.

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-Rotem. -Here.

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And Bat-El. -Here.

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All right, children,
let's open the newspaper.

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Yossi, over the past week

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what current events...

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Without looking at the paper.

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What did you hear on the news?

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There was an important game.

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In which sport?

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Soccer.
Tel Aviv against Haifa.

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And what was the score?

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I wasn't happy with the score.

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Why weren't you happy?

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Because Haifa won.

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OK. That was very current news...

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My sister lives in the south.

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She said there was
a missile attack.

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There was an escalation
on the southern border.

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Who can tell me what
"escalation" means?

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Worsening.
-Worsening. Excellent.

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Let's see what's happening
in the paper.

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I'll ask...

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Danny. Go ahead.

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"Sirens were heard and 30 rockets
landed in Israel".

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"Diplomatic efforts
are not successful."

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OK, "Diplomatic efforts
are not successful" and...

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"The Mayor stated:

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"We must find a solution,
even a military one."

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What do you think?
Do we need military solutions?

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We should fire missiles back at them.

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You suggest a military solution.
-We can't just do nothing.

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Mayar.

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If Israel doesn't fire back
they'll fire more and more missiles.

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So you say we need
a military operation.

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Do you know the cost
of a major military operation?

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In Israel or in Iran?
-Not Iran. It's in Gaza.

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Endangering innocent lives. Death.
-Death of whom?

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Both nations.
-That's right.

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Telamim - Jewish religious village
67 km from Lod, near the Gaza Strip border

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"Blessed are You, Lord our God,
King of the universe,

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"Who didn't make me a gentile."

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"Blessed are You, Lord our God,
King of the universe,

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"Who didn't make me a slave."

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"Blessed is He
who made me as He willed."

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"May it be Your will, O Lord,

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"my God and God of my fathers,
that You teach me Your laws

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"and keep me close
to Your commandments

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"Praises to the supreme God,

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"the blessed God.
Moses and the Children of Israel..."

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Listen.

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You're at the beginning
of a new road.

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Your Bat Mitzvah is its peak.

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Until we get there
many things will pass your way.

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Now you're going through adolescence

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and you want to show yourselves
and be pretty.

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You can dress up fashionably
but still modest.

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To know that our bodies
are precious,

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not cheap.
I won't sell it or show it to anyone.

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You have to stay modest.

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I want to hand out a letter.

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A boy wrote a letter to his guide.

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Let's read it together.
Tell me what you think.

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"I wanted to tell you
something personal.

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"I'm sure you'll understand me
although what I did won't look good.

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"We went to the bonfire together,
boys and girls.

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"Before that I spoke
to my girlfriend Reut.

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"We've been going out
for 6 months now.

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"I noticed that recently
we've become even closer,

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"and we are really happy about it.

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"So after everything
heated up the joy began.

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"We sang, we laughed,
and played music around the bonfire.

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"Reut suggested we go upstairs
where it was quieter.

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"I agreed and we went up.

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"On the way we laughed at Tamar,
the prude of the troop.

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"She was sitting alone,
not with the boys.

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"She and a few other girls were alone.

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"Anyway, Reut and I
went upstairs.

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"Reut sat next to me
and we started talking.

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"Suddenly,I found myself getting closer
but Reut didn't mind.

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"She ignored it and went on talking
as if nothing was happening,

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"Untill I was actually hugging her.
But she still didn't say a word.

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"When the bonfire was over
we parted with a friendly handshake.

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"Now I admire Tamar."

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Do you remember who Tamar was?

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The one who sat by herself, with the girls.

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"Kids may laugh at her,
but at least she's decent.

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"She doesn't touch boys
and boys will never touch her

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"because she projects
something else - modesty.

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"To be honest,
I think I'm Reut's boyfriend

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"because she doesn't mind
sitting with the boys

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"and she isn't too religious.
She is open-minded,

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"but by the time I get married
I'll find someone else

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"who thinks more highly
of herself.

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"Thank you, Amichai."

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Why does he suddenly look at
Reut in a different way?

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She is not modest, she doesn't
have inner modesty,

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She doesn't respect herself.

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It also shows disregard.
-Disregard of what?

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Of her self-respect.

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Very good.

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A Jewish girl is a princess,
and should act like one.

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She can't dress or speak
however she wants,

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she can't shout and go wild.

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She's a princess.
She has to act accordingly.

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Like this.

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I'll get you a towel.

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There are three commandments
that Jewish women must keep.

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Candle lighting, the separation
of the challah, and Menstrual Impurity .

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This is a very
important commandment,

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it's for blessings, for success,
for prosperity, for lots of good things.

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Does that feel nice?
-It's my first time.

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Here, take the water.
Mommy's adding oil.

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It's getting easier.

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How does it feel to knead?
-Nice.

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What are you doing
with the dough? -Squishing it.

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Uniting all the ingredients,right? -Right.

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What does that mean?

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Like the unity of the Jews.
-Right.

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I'll clean you.
Feels nice, right?

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Let's create shapes?

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You see?

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You'll make the letters?

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I'll roll up your sleeve
to make it easier.

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A little more.

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On the sides.

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It's fun to bake with you.
I want to do it every day.

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This is a time when you can
ask God for things.

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Here at home it's nice and warm

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but there are people and families
living outside. -Right.

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So may they have homes, too.
-Amen. May God help everyone.

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And may we all be happy.

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Okay, mothers,

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our girls are Bat Mitzvah age (12),
our boys are Bar Mitzvah age (13),

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and the "Pass-The-Word" Project

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chose to have us get together
with a school in Lod.

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A secular school.

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A secular Jewish school which
Muslims and Christians also attend.

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I checked out the school
and found out

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that they have discipline, manners,
decency, and no violence at all.

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The question is, will we allow
them to chat on the computer.

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I think they should be exposed
to other students

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because they should learn
that there are all kinds of people.

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As far as chatting,

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I think we parents should focus on that.

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The chat is through
the school website so it's monitored.

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If it's monitored, no problem.

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but if it's uncontrolled like Facebook,
no way.

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Parents should watch over,
because there have been cases...

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You want them to meet,

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You see beauty in these meetings,
learning about other cultures.

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Why does it stop in the chat?

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Because you don't know
where it can lead to.

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So why not think about it
in the first place?

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It's controlled.
-What's controlled? Their feelings?

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Their relationships?
How can you control that?

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I don't believe that at the age
of 12 there'll be feelings of...

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Do you know how many
Jewish girls from the area

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from nice, big Jewish cities

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are married to non-Jews?

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We're going to expose
12-year-old girls,

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most of whom are women now,

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to the possibility of
relationships with other races,

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with the approval
of parents and teachers. It's terrible.

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I think you're overreacting.

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I don't believe that if she meets
an Arab boy now

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they'll eventually get married.

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I want to clarify the point

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and this reminds me of
this week's Torah Section of Noah, The Flood.

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What is the flood?
Great confusion.

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Too much rain,
too many relationships.

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What do we need it for?

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They're good, we're good,

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but we don't belong together.

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But we are together,
like it or not.

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It exists, they will grow up to a reality
that has non-Jews in it, not only Jews.

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I'm not going to discuss
why they're here and why we're here

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and who should be here
and who shouldn't.

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Even in situations
when we don't involve them in,

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they're exposed to relationships
with non-Jews

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which is a catastrophe.

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So here,
its not that they met a nice Arab doctor

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and, God forbid,
made a connection.

250
10:16:51,840 --> 10:16:53,360
And where does it come from?

251
10:16:53,440 --> 10:16:58,840
The Torah forbids it:
"Getting together brings people closer."

252
10:16:58,960 --> 10:17:02,240
And if I don't have coffee with you,
I won't get closer to you.

253
10:17:02,320 --> 10:17:05,520
And if these rules
are clear to our girls,

254
10:17:05,600 --> 10:17:06,840
they'll stay away.

255
10:17:06,920 --> 10:17:09,200
But what's the problem?

256
10:17:09,280 --> 10:17:11,360
The problem is what comes later.

257
10:17:11,400 --> 10:17:14,520
Do you want your daughter
to marry an Arab?

258
10:17:14,560 --> 10:17:16,240
No.
-So don't start now.

259
10:17:16,320 --> 10:17:19,480
I think it's an absolute no.

260
10:17:24,400 --> 10:17:27,960
Letters to the girls from Telamim School

261
10:17:35,760 --> 10:17:38,880
They're religious so I don't know
if they listen to songs in English

262
10:17:38,960 --> 10:17:43,960
or watch TV series.
Maybe they watch nothing but the news?

263
10:17:44,080 --> 10:17:47,680
I don't think
they're so different from us.

264
10:17:47,920 --> 10:17:50,080
Their belief in God?

265
10:17:50,200 --> 10:17:52,760
I believe in God,
I do the wine blessing.

266
10:17:52,880 --> 10:17:54,560
My grandma keeps Shabbat,

267
10:17:54,640 --> 10:17:57,720
So I keep Shabbat with her.

268
10:17:57,800 --> 10:18:02,160
I light candles, I celebrate
all our Jewish holidays, everything.

269
10:18:02,440 --> 10:18:05,720
They believe in God
and we believe in God

270
10:18:05,800 --> 10:18:08,880
but we do things differently.

271
10:18:08,960 --> 10:18:11,160
We Arabs believe in God

272
10:18:11,280 --> 10:18:14,880
but we don't do
what Jews who believe in God do.

273
10:18:14,960 --> 10:18:18,120
We all have different customs.

274
10:18:18,200 --> 10:18:20,960
Do you believe in God?
-Of course.

275
10:18:21,040 --> 10:18:23,120
But not everyone
believes in God.

276
10:18:23,200 --> 10:18:27,960
For instance, there was a boy
in our class who didn't believe in God,

277
10:18:28,040 --> 10:18:30,800
he'd say: "What is God anyway?"
and stuff like that.

278
10:18:30,840 --> 10:18:33,600
Did you write
that you're a Muslim Arab?

279
10:18:33,680 --> 10:18:38,840
First I want them to see me
and get to know me

280
10:18:38,960 --> 10:18:41,920
and only then find out I'm an Arab.

281
10:18:41,960 --> 10:18:44,880
I'm afraid the word "Arab"
will frighten them.

282
10:18:45,320 --> 10:18:48,640
Maybe she'll ignore the fact
that I'm an Arab,

283
10:18:48,720 --> 10:18:53,120
she'll read the letter
and realize I'm not like all the Arabs

284
10:18:53,200 --> 10:18:54,880
and maybe she'll like me.

285
10:18:54,960 --> 10:18:59,720
But not all the Arabs
are scary and criminal and all that.

286
10:19:00,360 --> 10:19:02,960
What did you write in your letter?

287
10:19:03,080 --> 10:19:05,600
I wrote that I'm a Muslim Arab.

288
10:19:05,680 --> 10:19:08,640
Read the letter. Let's see.

289
10:19:08,760 --> 10:19:10,160
Hello, Tahel Cohen.

290
10:19:10,240 --> 10:19:12,080
I love to play and sing.

291
10:19:12,200 --> 10:19:13,600
I have a 6-month-old kitten.

292
10:19:13,680 --> 10:19:16,800
I'm a Muslim Arab
living in Lod.

293
10:19:17,000 --> 10:19:19,160
I'd really like to know
what type of a Jew you are.

294
10:19:19,280 --> 10:19:20,840
Do you watch TV?

295
10:19:20,920 --> 10:19:22,160
I'd really like to meet you.

296
10:19:22,280 --> 10:19:24,920
If you're confident,
if you like to play and sing,

297
10:19:25,040 --> 10:19:27,040
if you like to talk to friends.

298
10:19:27,120 --> 10:19:28,240
Love, Samar.

299
10:19:32,560 --> 10:19:33,800
"Blessed are You, Lord our God,
King of the universe,

300
10:19:33,880 --> 10:19:35,440
"Who didn't make me a gentile."

301
10:19:35,520 --> 10:19:36,960
"Blessed are You, Lord our God,
King of the universe,

302
10:19:37,080 --> 10:19:38,680
"Who didn't make me a slave."

303
10:19:38,720 --> 10:19:40,600
"Blessed are You, Lord our God,
King of the universe,

304
10:19:40,680 --> 10:19:42,840
"Who chose us from all the nations
and gave us His Torah.

305
10:19:42,960 --> 10:19:44,720
"Blessed are You, O Lord,
giver of the Torah."

306
10:19:44,800 --> 10:19:48,040
Whenever I hear that blessing
I think of my kids.

307
10:19:48,160 --> 10:19:50,840
Linor, Inbal, Shirel,
Elya, Ariel, bless them.

308
10:19:51,200 --> 10:19:53,840
Tell me what you want, darling.

309
10:19:54,000 --> 10:19:56,760
The usual sandwich?
-Yes.

310
10:19:59,040 --> 10:20:00,760
Mom.
-What, honey?

311
10:20:00,880 --> 10:20:02,760
You know that...

312
10:20:02,840 --> 10:20:05,760
we learned about the girls...

313
10:20:05,920 --> 10:20:08,280
from the school in Lod.

314
10:20:08,440 --> 10:20:12,160
And there are Arabs there too.
-Yes.

315
10:20:12,280 --> 10:20:15,280
It's mixed.
-Mixed?

316
10:20:15,400 --> 10:20:19,440
And there's one that
I want to be pen pals with.

317
10:20:19,560 --> 10:20:20,920
That's great, Linor.

318
10:20:21,040 --> 10:20:24,000
When Mommy was young
I used to write to a girl

319
10:20:24,120 --> 10:20:26,400
named Hila Materna.

320
10:20:26,600 --> 10:20:30,200
It's a lovely experience,
being a pen pal,

321
10:20:30,280 --> 10:20:32,240
not just talking on the phone.

322
10:20:32,360 --> 10:20:34,600
You write to each other

323
10:20:34,680 --> 10:20:36,920
and she sends you a little gift.

324
10:20:37,000 --> 10:20:40,040
It inspires you
and brings you closer.

325
10:20:40,160 --> 10:20:43,040
But there's a problem.
-What's the problem?

326
10:20:43,120 --> 10:20:46,000
The girl I'm talking to
is an Arab.

327
10:20:46,120 --> 10:20:50,160
That's no problem.
You can talk to an Arab.

328
10:20:50,280 --> 10:20:53,000
How do you want your sandwich?

329
10:20:53,080 --> 10:20:55,360
Like this?
-Yes.

330
10:20:55,440 --> 10:20:57,240
That's no problem, Linor.

331
10:20:58,280 --> 10:21:02,440
Mommy lived in a settlement
next to Gaza.

332
10:21:02,520 --> 10:21:03,960
We had...

333
10:21:04,080 --> 10:21:06,000
Daddy had workers...

334
10:21:06,480 --> 10:21:10,480
from the territories.
-Grandpa? -Yes.

335
10:21:10,600 --> 10:21:12,520
You know who
brought them home?

336
10:21:12,600 --> 10:21:13,560
Grandpa.

337
10:21:13,680 --> 10:21:16,120
And sometimes?
Mommy.

338
10:21:16,240 --> 10:21:17,480
You took them home?
-Yes.

339
10:21:20,040 --> 10:21:21,840
If you...

340
10:21:21,920 --> 10:21:24,440
If you went to meet her

341
10:21:24,520 --> 10:21:28,600
and they asked you
to be alone with her,

342
10:21:28,720 --> 10:21:30,480
wouldn't you be worried?

343
10:21:30,600 --> 10:21:33,960
Being alone?
-With her.

344
10:21:34,720 --> 10:21:37,240
No, there's nothing to fear.

345
10:21:37,400 --> 10:21:39,240
There's nothing to fear.

346
10:21:42,000 --> 10:21:46,000
Letters from the girls of Lod school

347
10:21:50,200 --> 10:21:52,760
Yours, Samar.

348
10:21:53,640 --> 10:21:56,400
It's kind of scary.
-What's scary?

349
10:21:56,520 --> 10:21:58,080
That she is...

350
10:21:58,200 --> 10:22:01,480
She's an Arab, she isn't like us.

351
10:22:01,600 --> 10:22:03,480
She isn't a Jew

352
10:22:03,600 --> 10:22:06,000
and that's kind of scary.

353
10:22:06,120 --> 10:22:08,360
It's because...

354
10:22:08,440 --> 10:22:11,000
we're fighting against people like her.

355
10:22:11,880 --> 10:22:14,480
When I read the letter
from the Jewish girl

356
10:22:14,800 --> 10:22:17,280
she said that...

357
10:22:17,360 --> 10:22:19,920
that it isn't so...

358
10:22:20,000 --> 10:22:23,080
"It isn't so bad
to go to school with the Arabs.

359
10:22:23,160 --> 10:22:25,480
"They act just like us.
They're normal."

360
10:22:25,520 --> 10:22:28,160
But she knows all about us.

361
10:22:28,240 --> 10:22:32,280
She could investigate us
and we wouldn't know.

362
10:22:32,400 --> 10:22:34,360
It's not safe.

363
10:22:34,480 --> 10:22:37,720
I wasn't scared at all

364
10:22:37,840 --> 10:22:41,280
because they're just like us.
They feel just like we do.

365
10:22:41,400 --> 10:22:43,520
If it was...

366
10:22:43,600 --> 10:22:45,480
the other way around

367
10:22:45,560 --> 10:22:47,880
and we wanted to go to Gaza,

368
10:22:47,960 --> 10:22:52,080
that's exactly how they'd feel.

369
10:22:52,200 --> 10:22:54,000
They'd be scared because...

370
10:22:54,080 --> 10:22:57,080
just as they bomb us,
sometimes we bomb them.

371
10:22:57,200 --> 10:22:58,720
So it's almost the same.

372
10:22:58,800 --> 10:23:02,360
But we don't bomb them
for no reason.

373
10:23:02,480 --> 10:23:05,040
They don't bomb us
for no reason either.

374
10:23:05,320 --> 10:23:08,360
They want to kill us.
They have a goal.

375
10:23:08,520 --> 10:23:11,120
Believe me, there are people...

376
10:23:11,200 --> 10:23:14,680
They want our land.
-All right.

377
10:23:14,760 --> 10:23:19,040
But there are people in Gaza
who aren't...

378
10:23:19,120 --> 10:23:22,800
who are not bad.
Who are just like us, normal.

379
10:23:24,520 --> 10:23:26,200
Hello.

380
10:23:26,320 --> 10:23:29,520
We're coming to Ramallah,
me and Samar.

381
10:23:29,640 --> 10:23:31,960
Can you come at 4:00 or later?

382
10:23:32,080 --> 10:23:34,240
I'll be in touch.

383
10:23:35,400 --> 10:23:36,560
Bye.

384
10:23:36,680 --> 10:23:39,840
We'll send you to the West Bank
for summer vacation. -No.

385
10:23:39,920 --> 10:23:42,920
Don't you enjoy being there?

386
10:23:43,040 --> 10:23:44,400
Sometimes.

387
10:23:44,520 --> 10:23:47,720
Listen, Samar, they're your family.

388
10:23:47,840 --> 10:23:50,560
Who do you have here in Israel?

389
10:23:50,920 --> 10:23:53,640
You have your siblings, yes.
And me.

390
10:23:53,760 --> 10:23:58,560
But you have cousins there.
The whole clan is there.

391
10:23:59,400 --> 10:24:02,000
If, God forbid,
something happened to me,

392
10:24:02,120 --> 10:24:06,680
almost all your family is there.
Right?

393
10:24:20,840 --> 10:24:22,360
Hello.

394
10:24:26,320 --> 10:24:28,000
Give me your papers.

395
10:24:30,640 --> 10:24:32,280
Go ahead.

396
10:24:35,640 --> 10:24:36,880
Welcome.

397
10:24:38,680 --> 10:24:41,520
How are you Uncle?
-Hello, Hello.

398
10:24:44,760 --> 10:24:47,840
How are you?
-Good. welcome.

399
10:25:09,880 --> 10:25:12,480
Who are you talking with?
-With a friend of mine.

400
10:25:12,560 --> 10:25:15,200
What's her name?
-Hannan.

401
10:25:15,320 --> 10:25:17,880
I'll show you her photos soon.
-Okay.

402
10:25:18,000 --> 10:25:19,040
On Instagram.

403
10:25:19,120 --> 10:25:20,560
Is she with you at school?

404
10:25:20,640 --> 10:25:27,320
Yes, we study together, Jews and Arabs.
-How many girls are you in class?

405
10:25:27,520 --> 10:25:32,520
Arabs? Me, Mayar and Hannan.
And boys too?

406
10:25:32,640 --> 10:25:37,200
No, just the girls.
-Me, Mayar and Hannan, three Arab girls.

407
10:25:38,600 --> 10:25:42,120
Who's your favorite friend?

408
10:25:42,320 --> 10:25:47,000
Eden... She's not an Arab.
-Jewish? -Yes.

409
10:25:47,840 --> 10:25:50,560
Do you get along
with the Jewish girls?

410
10:25:50,680 --> 10:25:52,480
Do they treat you good?

411
10:25:53,360 --> 10:25:57,360
There are only two girls
who swear at Arabs

412
10:25:57,440 --> 10:26:00,360
and say ugly things.
-Do you speak with them?

413
10:26:00,520 --> 10:26:01,880
I don't speak with them.

414
10:26:01,960 --> 10:26:04,240
Who do you like more,
the Arabs or the Jews?

415
10:26:04,360 --> 10:26:07,240
Who do you
communicate better with?

416
10:26:07,360 --> 10:26:12,080
The Jewish ones.
Because the Arabs...

417
10:26:12,240 --> 10:26:15,280
Where is it better, here or there?
There.

418
10:26:22,680 --> 10:26:24,400
Do you want to go back home?
-Yes.

419
10:26:24,480 --> 10:26:27,000
How long until you come back?
-Long.

420
10:26:27,200 --> 10:26:31,000
How long? -Don't know.
A month, two, three months.

421
10:26:31,080 --> 10:26:33,280
Until the Jews have a holiday.

422
10:26:33,400 --> 10:26:35,560
But Mom, I have exams this year.

423
10:26:35,680 --> 10:26:38,000
All right, make them count,

424
10:26:38,080 --> 10:26:41,560
I want to be proud of you,
I want good grades.

425
10:26:41,640 --> 10:26:44,440
Besides, we want to marry you here.
-No.

426
10:26:44,520 --> 10:26:47,400
Then where do you want?
In Lod?

427
10:26:48,240 --> 10:26:50,560
We'll take your uncle there.

428
10:26:50,680 --> 10:26:54,080
We don't agree with it,
we want to marry you here.

429
10:26:54,440 --> 10:26:56,760
I don't agree.
-She doesn't agree.

430
10:26:56,880 --> 10:26:58,480
What?
-She doesn't agree.

431
10:26:58,560 --> 10:27:00,760
Why in Lod?
-Because.

432
10:27:00,880 --> 10:27:05,080
I want to mount you on the horse.
-I don't want to.

433
10:27:05,160 --> 10:27:06,480
You're scared of the horse?
-Yes.

434
10:27:08,040 --> 10:27:10,200
Don't distance yourself from us.

435
10:27:24,240 --> 10:27:27,400
Israel Memorial Day

436
10:27:27,640 --> 10:27:31,320
Have you seen the redness

437
10:27:31,440 --> 10:27:35,080
That screamed into the distance

438
10:27:35,200 --> 10:27:38,840
A golden field faded into darkness

439
10:27:38,960 --> 10:27:42,120
And kindled hyacinth candles

440
10:27:42,880 --> 10:27:46,520
Have you seen the redness

441
10:27:46,640 --> 10:27:50,240
That screamed into the distance

442
10:27:50,360 --> 10:27:53,960
A field of blood was there before

443
10:27:54,040 --> 10:27:57,840
And now it's a field of poppies

444
10:27:58,280 --> 10:28:01,480
Don't pick, my young man

445
10:28:01,560 --> 10:28:05,760
There are flowers that pass away

446
10:28:05,880 --> 10:28:09,480
There are flowers that eternally

447
10:28:09,560 --> 10:28:12,000
Remain in the melody...

448
10:28:21,920 --> 10:28:27,040
Please stand for
the singing of HaTikva (The Anthem).

449
10:28:29,160 --> 10:28:32,080
As long as deep in one's heart

450
10:28:32,200 --> 10:28:38,360
The soul of a Jew yearns

451
10:28:39,480 --> 10:28:44,000
And toward the East

452
10:28:44,120 --> 10:28:47,000
Forward

453
10:28:47,880 --> 10:28:54,880
An eye looks to Zion

454
10:28:56,160 --> 10:29:03,280
Our hope is not yet lost

455
10:29:04,480 --> 10:29:12,000
The 2,000-year-old hope

456
10:29:12,600 --> 10:29:20,480
Of being a free nation
in our land

457
10:29:21,000 --> 10:29:25,120
The land of Zion

458
10:29:25,200 --> 10:29:28,280
and Jerusalem

459
10:29:29,520 --> 10:29:38,200
Of being a free nation
in our land

460
10:29:38,720 --> 10:29:42,760
The land of Zion

461
10:29:43,400 --> 10:29:47,760
and Jerusalem

462
10:29:54,800 --> 10:29:58,200
Lod

463
10:30:12,080 --> 10:30:13,720
"Hello. My name is Rotem

464
10:30:13,840 --> 10:30:15,840
"and I want to tell you about myself.

465
10:30:15,920 --> 10:30:18,760
"I have a special family.

466
10:30:18,880 --> 10:30:21,240
"I came from a sperm bank.

467
10:30:21,520 --> 10:30:23,240
"I have a mother
whom I really love

468
10:30:23,320 --> 10:30:24,880
"and we live together.

469
10:30:24,960 --> 10:30:28,440
"I don't know my father
and I don't know who he is,

470
10:30:28,560 --> 10:30:30,240
"but I'm sure I have one

471
10:30:30,360 --> 10:30:32,960
"and when I'm 18
I'll find out.

472
10:30:33,080 --> 10:30:36,440
"I'm almost 12 and my Bat Mitzvah
is next week

473
10:30:36,520 --> 10:30:39,840
"and I'm really excited.
I await your reply."

474
10:30:41,160 --> 10:30:44,840
I had to write
that I'm from a sperm bank?

475
10:30:44,960 --> 10:30:49,760
Because maybe I shouldn't write that
in my first letter.

476
10:30:49,960 --> 10:30:52,040
I think it's good that you wrote it,

477
10:30:52,160 --> 10:30:57,400
so she knows who you are.
It's important. You're special.

478
10:30:57,560 --> 10:31:02,960
Do you think there are
other girls from the sperm bank?

479
10:31:03,160 --> 10:31:06,800
I want to know
about other sperm bank kids.

480
10:31:06,960 --> 10:31:11,560
It's possible. Maybe there are
sperm bank girls there.

481
10:31:11,720 --> 10:31:20,120
I wish she'd write back
that she's from a sperm bank too.

482
10:31:20,240 --> 10:31:23,600
It's possible.
-Anything is possible.

483
10:31:27,840 --> 10:31:29,760
Where's her father?

484
10:31:29,880 --> 10:31:31,720
A sperm donation.

485
10:31:31,840 --> 10:31:33,880
What's a sperm donation?

486
10:31:34,000 --> 10:31:36,400
Should I explain it to you now?

487
10:31:36,480 --> 10:31:41,280
What's a sperm donation?
-I'll tell you later, okay?

488
10:31:41,440 --> 10:31:43,480
What is it?
"My family is special,

489
10:31:43,600 --> 10:31:47,280
"I come from a sperm bank."

490
10:31:47,400 --> 10:31:49,120
"I have a mother..."

491
10:31:49,520 --> 10:31:51,120
Move.
-Hold on.

492
10:31:51,280 --> 10:31:54,840
"I don't know who my father is...
When I'm 18 I'll find out."

493
10:31:54,960 --> 10:31:56,320
She scares me.

494
10:31:56,400 --> 10:31:59,480
If someone wrote to you:
"I'm from a sperm bank."

495
10:31:59,560 --> 10:32:01,000
what would you do?

496
10:32:01,200 --> 10:32:04,000
Nothing. Blow her off.

497
10:32:05,000 --> 10:32:12,000
We've gathered together
for a short brainstorming

498
10:32:12,080 --> 10:32:16,560
about the meeting with
the girls from the school in Lod.

499
10:32:16,680 --> 10:32:18,600
Are we going to meet them?
-Yes.

500
10:32:18,760 --> 10:32:21,000
Are we?
-They should come here.

501
10:32:21,080 --> 10:32:23,040
Either they'll come here
or we'll go there.

502
10:32:23,440 --> 10:32:25,320
What do they look like?

503
10:32:25,440 --> 10:32:29,640
They're secular schoolgirls,
some are Arabs.

504
10:32:29,960 --> 10:32:33,240
Do you think
they'll be wearing skirts?

505
10:32:33,400 --> 10:32:35,920
Yes.
-One is religious.

506
10:32:36,040 --> 10:32:37,640
A religious girl?

507
10:32:37,720 --> 10:32:42,720
She wrote to us: "I'm religious.
I don't know about my father."

508
10:32:42,800 --> 10:32:45,720
"I'll find out when I'm 18."

509
10:32:45,800 --> 10:32:49,680
What's her story?
-We don't know.

510
10:32:50,000 --> 10:32:54,960
If she'll only find out
about her father when she's 18.

511
10:32:55,040 --> 10:32:59,040
She's probably adopted.
An adopted girl

512
10:32:59,120 --> 10:33:04,160
can only find out
who her parents are when she turns 18.

513
10:33:04,280 --> 10:33:09,520
I guess she has foster parents.
-No, she knows who her mother is.

514
10:33:09,720 --> 10:33:14,560
Her father is...
-A sperm donation.

515
10:33:14,640 --> 10:33:17,240
What's a sperm donation?

516
10:33:17,400 --> 10:33:21,640
The whole subject of having children
not in the natural way

517
10:33:21,760 --> 10:33:24,440
mother, father and children,

518
10:33:24,560 --> 10:33:28,160
that's not the subject now
but it's worth discussing.

519
10:33:28,640 --> 10:33:34,040
Our subject now is the meeting
with the girls from the school in Lod.

520
10:33:43,040 --> 10:33:46,800
How do you feel?

521
10:33:47,280 --> 10:33:51,400
I'm scared.
-Again? -Yes.

522
10:33:51,480 --> 10:33:53,840
What are you afraid of?

523
10:33:53,920 --> 10:33:56,960
Maybe they won't accept me.
-Why wouldn't they?

524
10:33:59,720 --> 10:34:02,960
And why did you wear a skirt?

525
10:34:04,680 --> 10:34:07,360
Out of respect.

526
10:34:08,160 --> 10:34:11,800
You want them to treat you like...

527
10:34:12,040 --> 10:34:13,360
Huh?

528
10:34:13,920 --> 10:34:19,560
To show them: I'm an Arab
but I'm showing you respect? -Yes.

529
10:34:22,160 --> 10:34:25,200
Good Morning.
What are you wearing?

530
10:34:25,360 --> 10:34:28,520
It is torn but you can't see the skin.

531
10:34:28,920 --> 10:34:33,720
Go change your clothes please.
You can't come to school like this.

532
10:34:34,120 --> 10:34:38,080
But you can't see the skin.
-I don't care, I don't want torn jeans.

533
10:34:38,200 --> 10:34:40,720
You can't come to
school wearing that.

534
10:34:41,800 --> 10:34:43,960
It's hard, isn't it?
-Very.

535
10:34:44,160 --> 10:34:48,840
Hello pretty girls.
-Is this too short? Should we change?

536
10:34:48,960 --> 10:34:54,160
Are you experimenting today?
I don't like it at all.

537
10:34:55,000 --> 10:34:58,920
Did you bring other clothes?
Sweetie, you're fine.

538
10:35:42,600 --> 10:35:45,480
How are you?
-Thank God.

539
10:35:47,080 --> 10:35:48,800
God bless you.

540
10:35:48,920 --> 10:35:50,960
How are you?
-Fine.

541
10:35:51,040 --> 10:35:53,120
Are you going to school?

542
10:35:53,280 --> 10:35:56,160
We have a meeting
with the Lod girls today.

543
10:35:56,280 --> 10:35:58,880
From the Lod school.
-The Lod school...

544
10:35:59,560 --> 10:36:02,040
About what?

545
10:36:02,280 --> 10:36:08,040
Our "Bat Mitzvah" project.
They have two Muslim girls as well.

546
10:36:08,200 --> 10:36:11,720
They'll be 12 girls,
two of whom are Muslims.

547
10:36:11,960 --> 10:36:14,160
Two Muslim girls

548
10:36:14,280 --> 10:36:19,400
and they're so curious
about Jewish customs?

549
10:36:19,640 --> 10:36:20,800
Maybe.

550
10:36:21,320 --> 10:36:27,240
How do you feel about them coming?
Did they prepare you?

551
10:36:27,400 --> 10:36:29,120
They prepared them, too.

552
10:36:29,240 --> 10:36:32,680
But I'm asking you.

553
10:36:33,840 --> 10:36:37,720
Did they prepare you? Yes?

554
10:36:38,240 --> 10:36:44,880
Because there's always
this "Sting".

555
10:36:45,040 --> 10:36:47,240
No matter what they say.

556
10:36:47,320 --> 10:36:53,040
There's always this "sting"
between Jews and Arabs.

557
10:36:53,160 --> 10:36:58,320
No matter what. That's nothing new.
It's been going on for ever.

558
10:36:58,440 --> 10:37:00,200
You should be relaxed

559
10:37:00,320 --> 10:37:04,840
and not get upset by what she says.

560
10:37:06,560 --> 10:37:10,040
So good luck
and Grandma loves you.

561
10:37:10,360 --> 10:37:12,640
May God protect you.

562
10:37:13,920 --> 10:37:18,200
Do you know what Saturn's moon is called?

563
10:37:18,440 --> 10:37:19,760
Titan.

564
10:37:19,880 --> 10:37:26,920
Do you know it's the biggest
of Saturn's thousands of moons?

565
10:37:27,120 --> 10:37:29,640
Jupiter and Saturn
have lots of moons.

566
10:37:29,720 --> 10:37:33,880
Yarden, please go to the office
and look for another basket.

567
10:37:34,280 --> 10:37:38,800
If you want, there's a story
here about how...

568
10:37:38,920 --> 10:37:45,080
Uranus revolves on its axis.
Open up to page 25.

569
10:37:48,320 --> 10:37:52,840
Do you know this is how Titan looks
in an aerial photo?

570
10:37:53,000 --> 10:37:55,000
It's usually covered in fog,

571
10:37:55,080 --> 10:38:00,160
but when the fog disperses
you can see Saturn from Titan.

572
10:38:01,280 --> 10:38:03,760
Girls, I'm coming to talk to you.

573
10:38:04,640 --> 10:38:07,560
I see you're a little
worried about the meeting.

574
10:38:07,680 --> 10:38:10,320
Do you want to share with me

575
10:38:10,440 --> 10:38:12,720
how you feel about the meeting?

576
10:38:12,960 --> 10:38:14,560
Yes, Linor.

577
10:38:16,760 --> 10:38:24,600
I spoke to my mom and dad
and grandma about the meeting.

578
10:38:25,000 --> 10:38:32,200
My grandma explained
that no matter how hard we try,

579
10:38:32,320 --> 10:38:37,400
there's always this "sting"
between us and...

580
10:38:38,040 --> 10:38:40,840
the Muslims.

581
10:38:40,920 --> 10:38:45,320
So she prepared me for the meeting
and wished me luck

582
10:38:45,400 --> 10:38:49,320
and told me I have nothing to fear,
nothing to worry about.

583
10:38:49,400 --> 10:38:53,280
What were you worried about?
What were you afraid of?

584
10:38:54,480 --> 10:39:00,320
I've never spoken to
a Muslim girl before.

585
10:39:01,480 --> 10:39:05,240
Do you realize that the Muslim girls
speak Hebrew

586
10:39:05,360 --> 10:39:07,480
and if they sit in a circle

587
10:39:07,560 --> 10:39:12,280
and you try to guess
who's a Muslim, you won't be able to.

588
10:39:12,400 --> 10:39:15,520
Even the Muslims
whom you're so afraid of

589
10:39:15,680 --> 10:39:17,680
are God's creation.

590
10:39:17,760 --> 10:39:20,600
You remember we learned about
the parting of the Red Sea,

591
10:39:20,840 --> 10:39:25,400
when the Egyptians drowned
and the Israelites began to sing?

592
10:39:25,520 --> 10:39:27,440
What did God tell them?

593
10:39:27,560 --> 10:39:29,640
"My creatures are dying
and you're singing?!

594
10:39:29,720 --> 10:39:31,800
"Is this any time to sing?

595
10:39:31,880 --> 10:39:35,880
"I'm sad. My creatures
are drowning in the sea.

596
10:39:35,960 --> 10:39:37,240
"This is no time to sing."

597
10:39:37,600 --> 10:39:40,520
All people were created
in God's image.

598
10:39:40,760 --> 10:39:44,680
If we have disagreements,
we express them,

599
10:39:44,760 --> 10:39:46,200
but with respect.

600
10:39:46,280 --> 10:39:48,280
We don't have to agree,

601
10:39:48,360 --> 10:39:50,920
but we have to respect each other.

602
10:39:52,040 --> 10:39:54,000
Hello.
-Hello.

603
10:39:54,080 --> 10:39:58,560
Nice to meet you. I'm Sigal.
-I'm Ofra, the school principal.

604
10:39:58,640 --> 10:40:02,080
Sigal, what are you?
-I'm the homeroom teacher.

605
10:40:02,360 --> 10:40:05,160
How are you?
-Nice to meet you.

606
10:40:10,480 --> 10:40:13,520
Telamim School

607
10:40:13,720 --> 10:40:15,200
Exciting, isn't it?
-Very.

608
10:40:15,280 --> 10:40:19,040
How are the girls?
-Excited.

609
10:40:19,320 --> 10:40:20,920
Curious.

610
10:40:21,080 --> 10:40:23,080
What do they know about us?

611
10:40:23,200 --> 10:40:25,760
We told them where your school is.

612
10:40:25,880 --> 10:40:28,440
They're very curious because
it's a religious school.

613
10:40:28,520 --> 10:40:32,040
As you know, we have
a mixed population.

614
10:40:32,680 --> 10:40:35,080
What are the percentages?

615
10:40:35,280 --> 10:40:38,840
In my class it's almost a third.
It grows every year.

616
10:40:39,040 --> 10:40:42,800
One-third Arabs?
-Yes.

617
10:40:42,920 --> 10:40:45,360
There are Muslims and Christians.

618
10:40:45,440 --> 10:40:49,360
And they're excited.
You know...

619
10:40:49,560 --> 10:40:53,080
What is the background
of the Jewish girls

620
10:40:53,200 --> 10:40:56,280
whose parents don't mind this?

621
10:40:56,600 --> 10:41:00,960
They all live in Lod.
Lod is an integrated city.

622
10:41:01,080 --> 10:41:05,600
I wasn't exposed to it
until I started working there.

623
10:41:05,680 --> 10:41:08,600
I'm originally from Holon.
So it's amazing.

624
10:41:08,680 --> 10:41:10,640
It's totally natural.

625
10:41:10,720 --> 10:41:14,240
People live next door to each other
for 50 years.

626
10:41:14,360 --> 10:41:15,920
It really is special.

627
10:41:20,600 --> 10:41:22,840
They're here, they're here.
I saw them, they're here.

628
10:41:34,560 --> 10:41:36,920
Let's sit in a circle.

629
10:41:57,240 --> 10:42:00,600
I have a ball here
and you'll pass it around.

630
10:42:00,680 --> 10:42:03,040
Make a kind of network.

631
10:42:07,640 --> 10:42:10,040
Rotem, pick it up.

632
10:42:11,440 --> 10:42:13,240
My name is Rotem

633
10:42:13,320 --> 10:42:17,080
and I like to have fun.
-Have fun? -Yes.

634
10:42:17,160 --> 10:42:20,880
What do you mean?
-Have fun with friends. -Okay.

635
10:42:24,840 --> 10:42:29,680
My name is Linor.
I live in Telamim and I like...

636
10:42:32,240 --> 10:42:33,840
to sing.

637
10:42:36,560 --> 10:42:38,480
My name is Noa

638
10:42:38,960 --> 10:42:41,720
and like Rotem
I like to have fun,

639
10:42:42,080 --> 10:42:44,840
to go to movies
with friends.

640
10:42:48,440 --> 10:42:50,920
My name is Yarden.

641
10:42:51,120 --> 10:42:55,760
I like to read books
and I come from Nir-Chen.

642
10:42:59,840 --> 10:43:00,960
Excuse me.

643
10:43:01,080 --> 10:43:03,880
My name is Samar
and I also like to sing.

644
10:43:04,040 --> 10:43:06,680
What? -To sing.
-To sing? -Yes.

645
10:43:06,760 --> 10:43:09,200
Will you sing for us?

646
10:43:10,840 --> 10:43:13,960
Now I want to play the couples game.

647
10:43:14,440 --> 10:43:17,480
A girl from Telamim
and a girl from Lod

648
10:43:17,600 --> 10:43:19,600
sit facing each other.

649
10:43:19,720 --> 10:43:23,000
You look at each other
without talking,

650
10:43:23,160 --> 10:43:25,000
no talking.

651
10:43:26,760 --> 10:43:28,720
For two minutes,

652
10:43:29,280 --> 10:43:30,760
and then

653
10:43:30,960 --> 10:43:37,120
you say what you each
saw in the other.

654
10:43:37,200 --> 10:43:41,200
Three, four, begin.

655
10:44:34,680 --> 10:44:38,480
Okay, girls. Those were
two long minutes.

656
10:44:38,680 --> 10:44:42,720
Now each of you does the assignment.
Do you remember what it was?

657
10:44:42,800 --> 10:44:44,480
You look at each other

658
10:44:44,520 --> 10:44:46,960
and say what you see
in the other.

659
10:44:47,000 --> 10:44:50,520
You are the first one.
-No, you start.

660
10:44:50,600 --> 10:44:52,440
Okay, go.

661
10:44:53,920 --> 10:44:57,200
You know it's true,

662
10:44:57,320 --> 10:45:00,200
there are some people,
even Jews,

663
10:45:00,360 --> 10:45:05,080
who behave in an extreme way,
like a "sting".

664
10:45:05,160 --> 10:45:09,040
But you're something special,

665
10:45:10,040 --> 10:45:13,240
and I don't care if you're Jewish
or whatever.

666
10:45:13,440 --> 10:45:15,680
Want to see my pictures?

667
10:45:18,520 --> 10:45:20,200
Upside-down.

668
10:45:22,560 --> 10:45:24,600
How sweet.

669
10:45:27,760 --> 10:45:31,440
That's my mom.
-Who's that? -My aunt.

670
10:45:51,440 --> 10:45:53,560
My dad died

671
10:45:54,240 --> 10:46:00,200
when I was two-and-a-half.
I never really knew him.

672
10:46:00,280 --> 10:46:04,040
I don't know him.
I never saw him or enjoyed him.

673
10:46:05,000 --> 10:46:10,640
How did he die?
-He died on May 12th.

674
10:46:10,720 --> 10:46:14,360
He was murdered.
-Who murdered him?

675
10:46:14,880 --> 10:46:18,400
I have no idea.
He was murdered because...

676
10:46:18,560 --> 10:46:25,400
because he parked his car somewhere
and caused an accident.

677
10:46:25,520 --> 10:46:28,080
Someone ran into his car

678
10:46:28,320 --> 10:46:32,040
and took his car for parts

679
10:46:32,440 --> 10:46:36,320
he was walking down the street

680
10:46:36,400 --> 10:46:39,360
He was a little drunk

681
10:46:39,440 --> 10:46:43,960
and they grabbed him
and beat him up.

682
10:46:45,160 --> 10:46:48,920
He died of the first blow.

683
10:47:00,160 --> 10:47:02,760
And that's it.

684
10:47:06,600 --> 10:47:08,680
God bless you.

685
10:47:08,760 --> 10:47:10,560
Don't cry.

686
10:47:12,440 --> 10:47:15,840
Still, you have a good life, right?

687
10:47:15,960 --> 10:47:20,960
Thank God, you still have
a mother and family.

688
10:47:21,560 --> 10:47:24,320
But you still miss him.

689
10:47:25,760 --> 10:47:28,120
I'm not saying you shouldn't
miss him,

690
10:47:28,200 --> 10:47:29,840
I'm not saying you should stop.

691
10:47:29,960 --> 10:47:32,040
You should
take it to heart,

692
10:47:32,120 --> 10:47:35,960
but now that it's over
you should start a new life.

693
10:47:36,040 --> 10:47:39,160
You have friends, thank God,
and lots of things.

694
10:47:40,360 --> 10:47:42,840
I want to go wash my face.

695
10:47:43,400 --> 10:47:45,200
I'll come with you.

696
10:47:59,240 --> 10:48:01,120
Ice cream or popsicle?

697
10:48:01,200 --> 10:48:03,600
A popsicle.

698
10:48:08,280 --> 10:48:12,280
Is the boy with the hat
in your class? -No.

699
10:48:12,360 --> 10:48:15,240
The crazy kids are always cute,
aren't they?

700
10:48:15,320 --> 10:48:17,200
Yes, he was cute.

701
10:48:17,280 --> 10:48:22,280
There was a super-crazy kid,
and we made friends,

702
10:48:22,520 --> 10:48:25,680
but he got kicked out of school.

703
10:48:25,840 --> 10:48:31,240
So who is the girl who will only see
her father at the age of 18?

704
10:48:31,360 --> 10:48:33,720
She's Rotem.

705
10:48:37,640 --> 10:48:39,960
How did your father...

706
10:48:40,080 --> 10:48:45,800
What did my father do?
He gave his sperm to a sperm bank.

707
10:48:48,280 --> 10:48:52,440
You don't know what sperm is? -No.
-Then drop it. You're too young.

708
10:48:52,560 --> 10:48:56,400
Next year I'll tell you.
-No.

709
10:48:56,960 --> 10:48:59,960
When they teach you about sperm
you'll understand.

710
10:49:00,040 --> 10:49:03,360
Come on, what's sperm?
-You know how a woman has an egg?

711
10:49:03,440 --> 10:49:06,280
What?
-Yeah, yeah.

712
10:49:06,320 --> 10:49:08,120
A man has sperm.

713
10:49:08,200 --> 10:49:12,040
When they get together
they make a baby.

714
10:49:13,560 --> 10:49:15,520
And?
-And that's it.

715
10:49:15,600 --> 10:49:18,720
They get together
and make a baby.

716
10:49:36,920 --> 10:49:38,640
Go to the bus.

717
10:49:42,720 --> 10:49:45,000
See you.
-Bye.

718
10:50:17,200 --> 10:50:19,640
How are you?
-Fine.

719
10:50:19,680 --> 10:50:22,800
How was it? -Fine.

720
10:50:23,080 --> 10:50:25,480
Just "fine"?

721
10:50:26,520 --> 10:50:30,640
I thought it might be
strange for you.

722
10:50:30,840 --> 10:50:34,560
After all, it's the first time
you meet a Muslim,

723
10:50:34,720 --> 10:50:36,840
you can call her Arab,

724
10:50:37,040 --> 10:50:40,640
and you're a Jew and you don't know
their mentality.

725
10:50:40,800 --> 10:50:47,800
That's why grandma is explaining
the difference between us and the Muslims.

726
10:50:48,040 --> 10:50:51,880
If a Jew sees an Arab dying,
he'll help him.

727
10:50:52,000 --> 10:50:55,160
If an Arab sees a Jew dying
he won't help him.

728
10:50:55,320 --> 10:50:59,040
He'll finish him off.
That's the difference.

729
10:50:59,640 --> 10:51:02,560
Yes, but Samar is different.

730
10:51:02,680 --> 10:51:09,120
You can't even tell she's a Muslim.
-That's the point.

731
10:51:09,320 --> 10:51:11,400
How's it going?

732
10:51:11,880 --> 10:51:15,040
How was it? -Fine.
-Were you nervous?

733
10:51:15,160 --> 10:51:19,440
I met a Muslim girl
named Samar.

734
10:51:19,680 --> 10:51:23,200
We both asked whether we could...

735
10:51:23,520 --> 10:51:27,520
If it's alright for us to
keep in touch.

736
10:51:28,760 --> 10:51:31,080
I'll tell you what.

737
10:51:31,160 --> 10:51:38,360
There's a thing not to intermingle
outside the Jewish people.

738
10:51:38,440 --> 10:51:42,680
We're not allowed to mix with them,
it's called assimilation.

739
10:51:42,920 --> 10:51:47,120
A Jew has to marry a Jew.
Because we're the chosen people.

740
10:51:47,200 --> 10:51:49,440
But I'm not about to marry her.

741
10:51:49,520 --> 10:51:52,480
There's a Jewish law not to pour wine...

742
10:51:52,600 --> 10:51:55,520
Let me explain.

743
10:51:55,680 --> 10:52:01,240
You're saying, "I'm not about
to marry a non-Jew," right?

744
10:52:01,560 --> 10:52:05,840
But it's a matter of habit.
I'll teach you.

745
10:52:05,920 --> 10:52:08,160
You're still young but I'll teach you.

746
10:52:08,280 --> 10:52:12,840
People say "love".
It isn't love. There is no love.

747
10:52:12,920 --> 10:52:14,880
There's only habit.

748
10:52:15,480 --> 10:52:23,120
When you get used to someone,
it's not so bad anymore.

749
10:52:23,600 --> 10:52:27,400
A Jewish girl and a gentile girl
aren't allowed to be together?

750
10:52:27,640 --> 10:52:30,560
To be pen pals or Facebook friends
isn't so bad.

751
10:52:30,640 --> 10:52:32,920
Your mother can keep tabs on you.

752
10:52:33,000 --> 10:52:35,280
If she sees you
getting off track

753
10:52:35,360 --> 10:52:38,400
she can cut it off. You see?

754
10:52:38,480 --> 10:52:41,520
You're not meeting her.

755
10:52:41,720 --> 10:52:44,720
When you meet,
it's an accomplishment for them

756
10:52:44,800 --> 10:52:47,440
to drag a Jewish girl

757
10:52:47,960 --> 10:52:51,000
into their dirty world.

758
10:52:52,280 --> 10:52:53,000
You see?

759
10:53:12,680 --> 10:53:17,080
Hello Samar, how are you?
I'm dying to see you again.

760
10:53:17,200 --> 10:53:19,880
I feel like we haven't seen
each other for ages.

761
10:53:20,000 --> 10:53:22,520
What do you think?
Love, Linor.

762
10:53:30,120 --> 10:53:31,280
Hello Linor,

763
10:53:31,360 --> 10:53:35,640
I want to see you again, too,
so we can talk and play,

764
10:53:35,720 --> 10:53:38,200
and I hope it happens soon.

765
10:53:44,120 --> 10:53:49,440
When I told my mom
that girls from Lod School are coming,

766
10:53:49,640 --> 10:53:52,680
she said: "Wow, really?"

767
10:53:52,760 --> 10:53:55,840
She was really glad that I was
going to meet new friends.

768
10:53:55,960 --> 10:54:00,040
And my grandma said:
"No matter how close you become,

769
10:54:00,120 --> 10:54:04,080
"there'll always be this sting

770
10:54:04,320 --> 10:54:06,840
"between us and Arabs."

771
10:54:07,040 --> 10:54:10,200
I was a bit opposed
to what Grandma said

772
10:54:10,280 --> 10:54:12,320
because I took it hard.

773
10:54:12,400 --> 10:54:16,000
The thing is, Samar is a girl
who's just cute as hell,

774
10:54:16,120 --> 10:54:18,320
how to say it?

775
10:54:19,080 --> 10:54:23,280
Every person would want
such a friend.

776
10:54:23,480 --> 10:54:27,160
If Samar was to invite you
to her house?

777
10:54:27,840 --> 10:54:30,240
Would your parents
have agreed?

778
10:54:30,360 --> 10:54:34,480
My mom and dad...
Wouldn't have agreed.

779
10:54:34,600 --> 10:54:41,400
Indeed, Samar's family is alright,
but I'm talking about outside...

780
10:54:41,760 --> 10:54:46,440
There are also Arabs
who are out of their minds,

781
10:54:46,560 --> 10:54:49,240
which is very dangerous.

782
10:54:49,440 --> 10:54:53,600
In my village there are
quite a few Arabs

783
10:54:53,920 --> 10:54:57,560
driving trucks.

784
10:54:57,760 --> 10:55:02,040
You realize they're not so bad.
You know why?

785
10:55:02,160 --> 10:55:05,720
Once, when I saw an Arab
in the village,

786
10:55:05,800 --> 10:55:08,320
I was walking to the playground

787
10:55:08,400 --> 10:55:12,680
and when I passed
I did like this.

788
10:55:13,880 --> 10:55:15,280
He did like this too.

789
10:55:15,640 --> 10:55:21,040
All people, no matter if they're Arabs,
gentiles or anything else,

790
10:55:21,200 --> 10:55:25,160
they're God's children,
His sons and daughters.

791
10:55:25,240 --> 10:55:29,800
So they aren't so different.
We aren't so different.

792
10:55:30,040 --> 10:55:32,840
We're alike, we're brothers.

793
10:55:33,240 --> 10:55:37,160
That's where you're wrong,
big-time.

794
10:55:37,280 --> 10:55:41,680
There's a good heart
or a black heart.

795
10:55:41,760 --> 10:55:48,640
We have a soul, while gentiles
and Arabs have only a spark.

796
10:55:49,440 --> 10:55:52,200
A spark from the soul.

797
10:55:52,320 --> 10:55:56,120
We're less aggressive.

798
10:55:56,240 --> 10:56:00,280
They're much more.
-They're much more aggressive.

799
10:56:00,560 --> 10:56:03,760
They have no mercy

800
10:56:03,960 --> 10:56:08,760
and we do.
That's the big difference between us.

801
10:56:15,800 --> 10:56:18,360
What are you doing for vacation?

802
10:56:18,560 --> 10:56:21,480
I have Ramadan.

803
10:56:23,720 --> 10:56:29,960
Do you do anything special
on Ramadan? Do you have to go to...

804
10:56:30,120 --> 10:56:33,520
the mosque, or...
-I don't have to.

805
10:56:33,680 --> 10:56:35,280
Do you go?

806
10:56:35,360 --> 10:56:37,400
Sometimes.

807
10:56:38,840 --> 10:56:45,160
What was the name of the girl
you met from Telamim School?

808
10:56:45,320 --> 10:56:46,960
Linor.

809
10:56:48,360 --> 10:56:50,200
Are you still in touch?

810
10:56:50,360 --> 10:56:53,480
I was but it stopped.

811
10:56:53,640 --> 10:56:57,600
I sent her
a message a month ago

812
10:56:57,720 --> 10:57:00,080
and she didn't reply.

813
10:57:00,160 --> 10:57:01,800
You tickle me.
-Oh, sorry.

814
10:57:02,480 --> 10:57:05,600
Would you like Linor
to come visit you?

815
10:57:05,760 --> 10:57:07,280
I don't think so.

816
10:57:07,440 --> 10:57:08,680
Why not?

817
10:57:08,960 --> 10:57:12,080
Because there are many Arabs there.

818
10:57:12,240 --> 10:57:14,640
They're what?
-Arabs.

819
10:57:14,800 --> 10:57:16,720
Two big crime families.

820
10:57:16,880 --> 10:57:19,680
So what? There are Arabs
in school, too,

821
10:57:19,840 --> 10:57:22,360
and I have Arab friends,
so what?

822
10:57:22,520 --> 10:57:24,080
If she comes to my house,

823
10:57:24,240 --> 10:57:27,480
there could be a gunfight

824
10:57:27,600 --> 10:57:31,680
or an explosion
and I don't want her to get hurt,

825
10:57:31,760 --> 10:57:33,760
certainly not because of me.

826
10:57:33,840 --> 10:57:37,640
What do you mean an explosion?
Out of nowhere?

827
10:57:37,800 --> 10:57:38,840
Yes.

828
10:57:39,160 --> 10:57:41,920
How do you think
explosions happen?

829
10:57:42,080 --> 10:57:45,520
They announce them first?

830
10:57:47,320 --> 10:57:50,400
They just set them off and go.

831
10:58:03,080 --> 10:58:06,000
Directed by Nitzan Ofir

832
10:58:12,880 --> 10:58:15,720
Producer: Barak Heymann

833
10:58:15,800 --> 10:58:18,800
Co-creator: Anat Kerem-Angel


834
10:58:25,680 --> 10:58:28,640
Editor: Nili Feller


835
10:58:28,720 --> 10:58:31,640
Artistic Consultant: Tali Shamir-Werzberger