"How did the murder of Yitzhak Rabin change Israeli culture?"
In a series of interviews with cultural and television figures, artists, and researchers, Shai Lahav attempts to deconstruct one of the most traumatic and formative moments in Israel's cultural and political history.
Yizhak Rabin
Self (archive footage)
Shani Cohen
Self
Noam Semel
Self
Uri Shinar
Self
Galit Distel Atbaryan
Self
Avi Shushan
Self
Roy Iddan
Self
Jacky Levy
Self
Joshua Sobol
Self
In a series of interviews with cultural and television figures, artists, and researchers, Shai Lahav attempts to deconstruct one of the most traumatic and formative moments in Israel's cultural and political history.
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