Coinciding with Israeli's 25th anniversary and the Yom Kippur War, this a warm and personal portrait of a man not known for his congeniality pays tribute to David Ben-Gurion, an ardent Zionist who played an instrumental role in the Jewish state's creation and was its first prime minister. The film, directed by Simon Hesers, includes interviews with Ben-Gurion, Golda Meir, Abba Eban and Moshe Dayan, as well as footage showing Ben-Gurion with U.S. Presidents Dwight Eisenhower and Harry Truman, and French leader Charles de Gaulle. The film's original poster: "...How a 5000-year-old promise from God became a 25-year-old nation."

Winner of the 2007 Jerusalem International Film Festival's Best Documentary Award, Children of the Sun is an unconventional history of the kibbutz movement that inspired so many of the original settlers in the Holy Land. What was it like to grow up driven by such strong idealism? What was the impact of living in quarters where children were raised together largely separate from their parents? Director Ran Tal, who himself grew up on a kibbutz, turns to other members of his generation, using their words and home movies to reveal a thoroughly fascinating, conflicted and authentic portrait of a disappearing world.

Written and directed by Sarit Haymian, an Israeli-born Iranian Jew, The Stone Flower raises questions about love, relations, femininity and dreams. The film traces the lives of two elderly Jewish women, Ilanit and Naima, who came to Israel from Iran 50 years ago and married when they were young teenagers. Ilanit's husband humiliated and beat her, but still she took care of him when he became sick. Naima had good relations with her husband and was surrounded by children and grandchildren who she always dutifully served. Now, 70-years-old, both women reflect on the choices they made and were forced to make.

This 45-minute documentary depicts the extraordinary life and work of Israel Prize winner Chaim Guori as a reflection of Israel's history. Born in 1923, the 84-year-old Tel Aviv native made his mark as an author, journalist and filmmaker whose first book, "Flowers of Fire," was published in 1949 when he still was a soldier. Guori, who takes a critical look at the political and social reality of his beloved homeland, mourns from the northern border next to Mettula that "everything has changed and the feeling of hatred and being under siege continues and the land continues to bleed."

You will be deeply moved by this extraordinarily gripping exploration of the complex professional and personal ties linking Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres, two men with radically different backgrounds and temperaments whose actions - and rivalry - dramatically shaped today's Middle East. "The Jerusalem Post" once observed that there differences were so intense, "the battle between Rabin and Peres is every bit as nasty as the ultimate sports rivalry." Filmmaker Henig, who served as media and political advisor to Rabin and other Israeli leaders, uses never-before-seen footage and exclusive interviews to present the two men in a fresh light.

The new documentary Praying in her own Voice is a thought provoking powerful piece about Feminism and Judaism . It depicts the struggle of the Women of the Wall in the last few years for the right to pray like men do at the Western Wall. It includes commentary from some of the top women rabbis in LA: Rabbi Laura Geller, Rabbi Naomi Levy , Rabbi Sharon Brous, Rabbi Denise Eger , Rabbi Lisa Edwards and Rabbi Lynn Brody. Rabbi Levy, Rabbi Edwards, and Executive Producers Dan Katzir and Ravit Markus will attend a panel discussion after the film, moderated by Rabbi Brody. The film was directed by award winning director Yael Katzir and is an hour long, Hebrew and English, with English sub-titles.

Oded Lotan, a young Jewish gay man living in Tel Aviv with his German partner, pieces together the story of his own bris while reflecting on the complex role his sexuality and time abroad has played in shaping his Israeli identity. Presented as a gently humorous fairy tale bridging the gap between tradition and modernity, the film sheds light on feelings toward the male-circumcision ritual, fear of exclusion and the need to belong. Aided by wonderful animated sequences, Lotan negotiates an emotive topic with considerable wit and panache, proving to be an endearing presence and filmmaking talent to watch.

Nominated for the 2007 Jerusalem Film Festival's Best Documentary award, this intimate look at the rise and fall of legendary producer and impresario Giora Godik examines the Israeli King of Musicals' quest to bring the American dream to Tel Aviv. That vision ended when Godik unexpectedly fled to Germany on the eve of his last premiere and ended up selling hotdogs for a living at the central railway station in Frankfurt. The film glimpses into the gap between glittering lights and a life in the shadows, bringing to life the story of a man who believed that life was a musical.

Shlomo Carlebach was a brilliant young torah scholar sent by the Lubavitcher rebbe to deliver the good word from scripture to hippies in the San Francisco Bay Area for whom he once performed on guitar and vocals at a festival in 1966 wedged between Pete Seeger and the Jefferson Airplane. When his love for flower power crossed the boundaries of Jewish law, the Orthodox establishment shunned him. Carlebach, who once boasted about having composed 4,000 original melodies, died penniless 13 years ago. But his music still fills concert halls and his followers live in nearly every Jewish community.