''God's Neighbors'' (; ) is a 2012 Israeli drama film directed by Meni Yaish. The film premiered at the 2012

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Plot

A band of violent

Hasidim Ḥasīd (, "pious", "saintly", "godly man"; plural "Hasidim") is a Jewish honorific, frequently used as a term of exceptional respect in the Talmudic and early medieval periods. It denotes a person who is scrupulous in his observance of Jewish ...

patrol their

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neighborhood and terrorize Arabs and non-observant Jews. One named Avi finds himself falling for an unorthodox woman, and his faith is tested.

Cast

* Roy Assaf as Avi Bahar *

Gal Fridman Gal Fridman (or Friedman, ; born September 16, 1975) is an Israeli windsurfer and Israel's first Olympic gold medalist. Fridman won a bronze medal in the Atlanta 1996 Summer Olympics, and a gold medal in the Athens 2004 Summer Olympics. He is ...

as Kobi Shmaya * Itzik Golan as Yaniv Lugassi * as Miri

References

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* * 2012 films 2012 drama films Films about Orthodox and Hasidic Jews Films critical of Jews and Judaism Films about religious violence 2010s Hebrew-language films Israeli drama films {{2010s-Israel-film-stub