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Someone Else's Simcha / Jackie's 40th birthday bash: Dancing to the (Turkish) music

A father of two and dance fanatic shakes it on the floor with friends but gets a shocking present from his wife.

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The marriage of 'fierce love' and 'concern.'
Someone Else's Simcha / Daniel and Zehava's wedding - Getting it right, for good

A couple of Ethiopian descent celebrates the creation of a new home in Israel, mixing tradition, a bumpy past and the hope for a new and better future.

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The tnoyim ceremony.
Someone Else's Simcha / Yoel and Dvorah's engagement party - Pleased to meet you, I'm sure

The descendants of at least two powerful Hasidic dynasties come together to celebrate the building of a new, albeit arranged, home in Israel.

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Leah's simchat bat.
Someone Else's Simcha / Princess Leah Golovey's simchat bat

A little girl comes into a world surrounded by loving family, friends, and some extra-cute horses.

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Yozma Independence Day
Someone Else's Simcha / Independence Day at Yozma kindergartens - Bring-your-soldier-to-school day

At Modi'in's Reform community, throngs of boys and girls in white and blue eagerly welcome some very familiar faces, wearing mommy's and daddy's uniforms.

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Wedding 7
Someone else's simcha / Dmitry and Mariana's wedding - Never mind the rabbinate

The romance was smooth sailing, but having a traditional chupah was going to be a problem without the right paper saying 'he's Jewish.'

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  • Someone Else's Simcha / Amit and Nili's wedding - Don't stop believing
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Under the chuppah.
Someone Else's Simcha / Amit and Nili's wedding - Don't stop believing

A young couple finds love. And then doesn't. And then does again. And then, finally makes it last.

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Sharon's bat mitzvah
Someone Else's Simcha / Sharon Shaya's bat mitzvah – Logging off long enough to grow up

She may be Google-generation, but one girl shows that rites of passage, and the values they represent, can still matter.

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Pnina and Yitzhak
Someone Else's Simcha / Pnina and Yitzhak's 50th anniversary – Indian love, set in gold

Decades after tying the knot in a small synagogue in southern Israel, one young-at-heart couple looks to retrieve the magic of the good-ole-subcontinent days.

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The man of the hour.
Someone Else's Simcha / Yossi Zaorov's enlistment party – A merry date with destiny

A young man prepares to take on three years in the Israeli military by celebrating with some close friends.

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Hadag Nachash
Israeli hip-hop band decides to make some noise as elections silently loom

Jerusalem's Hadag Nachash releases new single 'A Complaint against Israel's Parties', putting music to lyrics written by legendary songwriter Meir Ariel.

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Tony Schteinowitz's (belated) bat mitzvah
Someone Else's Simcha / Tony Schteinowitz's (belated) bat mitzvah - better late than never again

A Holocaust survivor tries to make up for lost time, with the help of family, friends, and one merry klezmer band.

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SES
Someone Else's Simcha / Noah and Elysheva's wedding

Two Israeli-Americans start a life together with a religious wedding in the Holy Land, undeterred, if a little stressed, by falling rockets and an exploding bus.

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Tom Kaminka's bar mitzvah
Someone Else's Simcha / Tom Kaminka's bar mitzvah - happy in the middle

At the tail end of a long and illustrious Zionist line, a young boy comes of age in front of a community seeking to maintain tradition, with a difference.

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Brian Bolton's going away
Someone Else's Simcha / Brian Bolton's going away bash - an American Odyssey

A Virginia native scours the world for knowledge, and ends up in the Holy Land. After a few years, and one spent relationship, he's ready to come back home.

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Engagement7_milrod
Someone Else's Simcha / Udi and Ariela's engagement party - the rocky road to the ring

A young couple celebrates their intention to marry, having survived a bad first date, months of awkward courtship and a barrage of rockets.

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gad ezra
Someone Else's Simcha / Gad Ezra's Torah induction – like a wedding, without the groom

A decade after losing a beloved youngest son and brother to the conflict, a Modi'in family preserves his legacy with a new Torah scroll.

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ori bowing
Someone Else's Simcha / Ori Marchiv's Hatimat Torah - A Samaritan rite of passage busts a move

A young Samaritan boy marks the community's version of a Bar Mitzvah, with all the standard staples: Torah, dancing, food, and, of course, video games.

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Nadav and Noa's wedding
Someone Else's Simcha / Nadav and Noa's wedding – Don't be careful what you wish for

Lifelong acquaintances overcome the awkwardness of adolescence, the complexities of adulthood and a girlfriend to make an improbable love story come true.

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Eliav and Osnat's henna
Someone Else's Simcha / Eliav and Osnat's henna - Stop! (Kurdish) line-dancing time!

A young couple plan a bright future, while taking a good look at what the past has to offer (hint: Fun. A lot of fun).

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Ron Katan's birthday
Someone Else's Simcha / Ron Katan's 40th birthday – the school of 'on the rocks'

A tight group of friends gather to celebrate the life of a man whose love for family and the calling of education are surpassed only by his passion for partying hard.

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Daniel and Senait's wedding
Someone Else's Simcha / Daniel and Senait's traditional Eritrean wedding

A pair of African asylum seekers get hitched in the big city, joined by family, friends, a painful past and an unsure future.

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Ofri Raz's bat mitzvah
Someone Else’s Simcha / Ofri Raz's bat mitzvah - A rite of (showbiz) passage

A vivacious girl from a religious Rehovot home proves that a flair for drama and style can go hand in hand with tradition.

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Eran's brit milah
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Nestled in the city of Holon, one small street holds the secrets to an ancient community, and one's family's new obsession – a baby boy.

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Mike and Christine's wedding
Someone else's Simcha / Mike and Christine's wedding - The fall of Troy, the rise of love

Surrounded by friends and family, a young couple from Ashdod dances brightly into the future, leaving sadness in the past.

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