שתי חברות שמגשימות בחייהן תכליות הפוכות, אבל מחוברות לנצח על-ידי היסטוריה וגורל משותפים. בתקופה דרמטית זו, כשחברי הקבוצה נפגשים עם המוות, ונאלצים להתמודד עם התפוררותו של המוסד החשוב בחייהם, מתעוררים גם אצל לנה ומיניה שדים רדומים. חשבונות משפחתיים וסודות מן העבר, צפים ועולים. התוצאה היא דיוקן אינטימי ומרגש, מצחיק ונוגע ללב, של דור השואה, כפי שלא נראה מעולם.
Produced by the Israeli Television, this documentary series deals with the history of Zionism till the establishment of the State of Israel. First episode of this 4-years complicated production aired in 1981 and created a public stir and controversy regarding the presentation of the Sephardim Jewry contribution to the Zionist movement. “Pillar of Fire” us based on archival films and photos takes from 30 archives, both in Israel and abroad, interviews and illustrations. This short 7-episodes version of the series was produced for foreign markets. Narration by British actor Ian MacCellen.
A four movement suite. This music was inspired by Professor Emeritus Stephen Jablonsky's viewing Schindler's List in 1993. This is the fourth and final movement of the suite entitled Witness. It tries to depict the dreams that ran through the minds of all those who were imprisoned in the Nazi death camps. Amazingly only three years after the end of the war the state of Israel was born––a dream that none of those prisoners could have possibly imagined. It was a dream first imagined by Theodore Herzl a very long time ago. Believe it or not, 1948 was 72 years ago and the country is still at war with its neighbors....