It's All People
19 episodes
2000-1997
The series' name hints at its core principle: observing historical events through a personal and human lens. Each episode presents a historical figure at a decisive moment in their life—a moment where a historical event transforms into a personal conflict and an emotional process. These individual stories create a sequence covering Israeli history from the end of the 19th century to the Six-Day War. The choice of protagonists reveals various layers of this narrative—political, ideological, cultural, and economic. Despite its age, episodes of this masterful series are still broadcast on Educational Television and screened in countless formal and informal educational settings.
Levi Eshkol
0:35:39
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Prime Minister Levi Eshkol during the "Waiting Period" before the Six-Day War, whose reputation was marred by a radio broadcast stutter despite the eventual victory.
David Ben-Haroush
0:32:04
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David Ben-Haroush and the ethnic and class-based revolt he led in Wadi Salib, and the establishment's brutal response to the protest.
Azriel Carlebach
0:29:42
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Journalist and editor Azriel Carlebach on the night he and his colleagues left Yedioth Ahronoth to found Maariv.
Shaike Ophir
0:26:38
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The evolution of the "Policeman Azoulay" character through three films, and the man behind the persona.
The Chazon Ish
0:26:24
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Ultra-Orthodox leader The Chazon Ish, his vision of a "Society of Scholars," and the secular establishment's reluctant agreement to the move.
Arieh Sharon
0:25:56
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Architect Arieh Sharon, a pioneer of Israeli construction, who drafted the master plan for absorbing and settling immigrants in the young state.
Emile Habibi
0:26:27
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Communist leader Emile Habibi and his failed struggle to lead Palestinian Arabs toward accepting the Partition Plan.
Haika Grossman
0:26:33
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Ghetto fighter Haika Grossman during the nine months she spent writing a book about her years in the ghetto and the underground movement.
Yitzhak Sadeh
0:27:08
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The "Old Man" of the Labor Battalion who shaped the spirit of the Palmach and the culture around the campfire.
David Ben-Gurion
0:23:11
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In the three days preceding the state's establishment, suffering from a high fever, he leads a complex political move and barely catches a taxi to the declaration ceremony.
Hannah Szenes
0:24:42
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The immigrant from Hungary who struggles to find her place in the land and volunteers to parachute back into her occupied homeland.
Yair Stern
0:24:29
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The manhunt conducted by the British CID for the hidden leader of the Lehi organization.
Bracha Zefira
0:24:51
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Her artistic and romantic partnership with Nahum Nardi, which brought the Yemenite voice to the forefront of the Eretz-Yisraeli stage.
Rabbi Kook 2
0:22:16
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Rabbi Kook
0:23:31
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The father of Religious Zionism and the rabbis' journey he leads in search of a common language with the pioneers of the Zionist revolution.
Rachel the Poetess
0:24:28
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The process she undergoes during her stay at the Kinneret training farm, and the difficulty of what she called: 'Painting with a hoe'.
Theodor Herzl 2
0:22:00
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Theodor Herzl
0:21:59
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The visionary of the State during his disappointing visit to the land he envisioned. Upon landing, he sprains his ankle and from there limps desperately following the German Emperor.
Naphtali Herz Imber
0:23:57
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Author of the national anthem during his stay in the Land of Israel. Much madness, much vision, plenty of alcohol, and countless stanzas written for 'Hatikvah' in exchange for another drink.