One way to stay connected to Israel is through Israeli music, tv and film.
Israeli movies you can find on Amazon Prime
THE WOMEN'S BALCONY
"An accident during a bar mitzvah celebration leads to a gender rift in a devout Orthodox community in Jerusalem, in this rousing, good-hearted tale about women speaking truth to patriarchal power." | Menemsha Film
SCAFFOLDING
17-year-old ASHER has always been the impulsive troublemaker at school. While his strict father sees him as a natural successor to his scaffolding business, Asher forges a special connection with his literature teacher Rami and begins to see new possibilities for himself. | IMDb
MEKONEN
"The film follows the backstory of Mekonen Abebe, a new commander in the Israeli Defense Forces, as he returns to Africa to explore his roots, make peace with his past and embrace his future in Israel." | IMDb
Israeli movies you can find on Netflix
MAKTUB
"Steve and Chuma, two criminals are the sole survivors of a terrorist attack at a restaurant in Jerusalem. They decide to change their ways and become flesh and blood angels. They go on a journey of wish fulfillment for people who write requests on paper and put between the sacred stones of the Wailing Wall." | IMDb
THE ANGEL
"True story of Ashraf Marwan, who was President Nasser's son-in-law and special adviser and confidant to his successor Anwar Sadat – while simultaneously Israeli Intelligence's most precious asset of the 20th century." | IMDb
THE RED SEA DIVING RESORT
"Inspired by remarkable true life rescue missions, this is the incredible story of a group of Mossad agents and brave Ethiopians who in the early 80s used a deserted holiday retreat in Sudan as a front to smuggle thousands of refugees to Israel." | IMDb
Israeli TV Shows
THE SPY (Netflix)
THE SPY is inspired by the real-life story of former Mossad agent, Eli Cohen, who successfully goes undercover in Syria in the early 1960s. Cohen becomes close enough to ambitious military leaders and their rich friends to earn a game-changing level of trust about Syria's biggest anti-Israel secret initiatives. | Rotten Tomatoes
THE BAKER & THE BEAUTY (Netflix + Amazon)
The worlds of the blonde model and heiress Noa Hollander and the baker Amos Dahari collide when they meet on a night out in Tel Aviv. They face challenges to stay together as Noa's ruthless agent Tzvika and Amos' ex-girlfriend Vanessa conspire to break the couple up. | Wikipedia
MOSSAD 101 (Netflix)
The series revolves around a secret Mossad compound called "HaMidrasha", which is surrounded by surveillance cameras and is equipped with technological devices. The compound operates a training course in which 13 trainees are sent to complicated missions in order to test their suitability for the occupation, and their improvisation, seduction and impersonation abilities. | Wikipedia
HOSTAGES (Netflix)
Four masked men break into the Danon family home and take the family hostage. The intruders demand that Yael, the family matriarch and a brilliant surgeon, kill the prime minister in what is meant to be a routine surgery. The operation is scheduled for the following day. If the prime minister does not die during the surgery, Yael's family will be killed. | Wikipedia
INSIDE THE MOSSAD (Netflix)
For years the Mossad, Israel's legendary foreign intelligence agency, has been sealed off to the media. Now, for the first time since its founding, a dozen of Mossad's former spies give us a first-hand recount into their inner work and their moral dilemmas. Viewers are drawn into a personal account of the top-secret operations that have shaped Israel's past and may yet shape its future. | IMDb
WHEN HEROES FLY (Netflix)
Four friends, 11 years after a major falling out, reunite on a final mission: to find Yaeli, the former lover of one man and sister of another. Can they triumph over and find the strength required to lay past demons to rest? Set deep in the Colombian jungle, this is a story of fighting for life as well as overcoming personal demons to find peace. | IMDb
