The Unorthodox

 

Israel | Drama | 99 min.

SYNOPSIS

In the lively crowd-pleasing drama, THE UNORTHODOX, a disenfranchised Sephardic father, Yaakov Cohen, tired of being pushed around, launches an improvised campaign to establish influence in 1980s Israeli society. A Jerusalem widower with no money or connection this everyman, played by the sensational  Shuli Rand, is incited to act when his daughter is expelled from a prestigious religious school just for her ethnicity. Fueled by only willpower and a raging sense of inequity, Yaakov and his friends unite to form the ultra-Orthodox Shas Party. Based on actual events, Eliran Malka's accomplished feature debut is animated with suspense and humor, relating a tale of underdog activism and dirty politics, which reshaped Israel and continues to reverberate today. 

REVIEW

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“Deftly scripted and supremely acted, it is a close-to-reality account of the founding of the Sephardi Haredi Shas political party, the injustice and discrimination it sought to challenge, its first successes in the early 1980s, its ultimate achievement in winning 17 of the 120 Knesset seats in 1999, and the in-fighting and corruption behind the scenes.”

 - The Times of Israel

SHOWTIMES & LOCATIONS

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Axelrod Performing Arts Center (APAC), 100 Grant Ave., Deal Park, NJ 07723

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Sun., July 28 – 7 p.m.

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Jewish Heritage Museum (JHM) - 310 Mounts Corner Dr, Freehold, NJ 07728

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Thurs., August 1 – 7 p.m.

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Marquis Theater (OCF), 1311 NJ-37, Toms River, NJ 08755

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Weds., August 21 – 12 noon 

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TICKETS:

$12

$90 Series Pass Good for all Locations