While it might be early to call it a “trend,” there has been increasing interest of late in the haredi side of our society.
Last year the Israel Museum hosted an extensive, and rich, exhibition based on the largely cloistered lifestyle and customs of the community just down the road, in Mea She’arim, and around 18 months ago Gil Cohen-Magen published a handsome book of intriguing and eye-opening shots of life there.
While both artistic endeavors certainly added to secular Israeli society’s knowledge of what goes on, on the haredi side of the tracks, Yehonatan Indursky’s documentary Ponevezh Time adds a strong sense of intimacy to the exploratory fray. The film will be shown at the Jerusalem and Tel Aviv cinematheques starting Sunday, and up to March 30.
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