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The Unorthodox is a 2018 Israeli film depicting the establishment of the Shas political party. The protagonist, Yaakov Cohen, is driven to form a religious political party representing the interests of Sephardic Jews. The incident that drives Cohen is the expulsion of his daughter Heli from a Bais Yaakov school, owing to her Sephardic background.
Original Release
07/25/2018
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Shuli Rand | Yaakov Cohen |
| Yaacov Cohen | Rabbi Moshe Sharvit |
| Yoav Levi | Yigal Vaknin |
| Golan Azulai | Rabbi Toledano |
| Shifi Aloni | Yehudit |
| Or Lumbrozo | Cheli |
| Tzahi Grad | Menachem Mozes |
| Igal Naor | Chief Rabbi |
| Erez Ben-Ezra | Party Member |
| Rivka Gur | Hearing Committee Chair |
Directors
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Shuli Rand | Yaakov Cohen |
| Yaacov Cohen | Rabbi Moshe Sharvit |
| Yoav Levi | Yigal Vaknin |
| Golan Azulai | Rabbi Toledano |
| Shifi Aloni | Yehudit |
| Or Lumbrozo | Cheli |
| Tzahi Grad | Menachem Mozes |
| Igal Naor | Chief Rabbi |
| Erez Ben-Ezra | Party Member |
| Rivka Gur | Hearing Committee Chair |
| Michael Koresh | City clerk |
| Dorit Lev-Ari | Principal Blumenthal |
| Yitzhak Peker | Rabbi Gerlitz |
| Eliezer Shimon | Assistant to Rabbi Gerlitz |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Amir ben Arush | Producer |
| Ra'anan Gershoni | Producer |
| Idit Paran | Producer |
| Rachel Paran | Producer |
| Yoni Paran | Producer |
