[NFBJ] Yom Kippur themes in cinema, from the jerusalem post

[mlevy at verse-onality.com]

Of course, the famous Al Jolson classic.

It was about   a singer returning to recite Kol Nidre for his father's synagogue.

Satan-the accusing angel-is muted on Yom Kippur.


Many immigrants succumbed to the hardships or blandishments of America.

On Yom Kippur, Satan nevertheless had no power over them.

The challenge now is:

How can we rekindle the              spark of Yom Kippur?

Its flame is mere embers in many souls.


Maybe it's Israeli cinema with subtitles.



Who's sorry now? Inside Israeli cinema's Yom Kippur-inspired stories of guilt and redemption . Themes of guilt, redemption, sin, and atonement run through Israeli movies, many of which take their inspiration from Jewish life and Jewish religious texts and thought.. The theme of atonement is so ingrained in the Jewish/Israeli psyche that even comedies deal with it. A popular 2019 comedy is actually called Forgiveness , and tells the story of two friends (Guy Amir and Hanan Savyon) who get caught in a robbery; one flees while the other goes to prison. The guy who got away spends the years his buddy is incarcerated becoming religious, and when the friend is released, the newly pious robber tries to make amends.. The classic 1964 comedy about a Mizrahi immigrant, Sallah