24h Jerusalem

Since its establishment on February 14, 1949, photographer David Rubinger has documented the work of the Israeli parliament, the Knesset. The photographer, born in Vienna in 1924, shows the film team an exhibition of his work in rooms of the Knesset. Rubinger escaped the Nazis as a teenager. Both parents were imprisoned in concentration camps, his mother did not survive the Shoah. In 1942, Rubinger enlisted in the Jewish Brigade of the British Army; in 1946, he settled in Jerusalem. In 2017, four years after the shooting, David Rubinger died. Giselle Cycowicz, born Giselle Friedmann in 1927 in Chust in what is now Ukraine, survived Auschwitz. She later studied psychology in the United States. After the death of her husband, she immigrated to Israel in 1992. At the age of 86, she still cares for other survivors who suffer from the memories of the Shoah. About a quarter of Jerusalem's residents are strictly Orthodox Jews called Charedim ("God-fearers"). They shape entire neighborhoods in Jerusalem. The Charedim live their lives according to strict religious commandments, reject secular knowledge and mostly follow a rabbinical teacher. In many Charedi families, it is the women who provide the income, while the men devote themselves to religious studies. The film also includes a brief historical outline with the main events of the Middle East conflict since the 1967 6-Day War.