The love story of Margalit (Pnina Gary), who lives in Nahalal, and Eli Ben-Zvi, son of Rachel Yanait and Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, Israeli's second president. The year is 1947, a tumultuous period as tensions rise between the Israeli settlement and the Arab tribes and neighboring countries. A chance encounter sparks love at first sight between Margalit, of Nahalal – a cooperative workers' settlement – and Eli Ben-Zvi, the Muhtar of the Beit Keshet kibbutz. The affair is off to a rocky start, as Eli is committed to the defense efforts that preceded the Arab-Israeli War of 1948 and the birth of the State of Israel. The two go on to set a wedding date, but the fight for a nation leaves no room for young lovers.
Después de sufrir una tragedia familiar, Mack Phillips cae en una profunda depresión que le lleva a cuestionar todas sus creencias. Sumido en una crisis de fe, recibe una enigmática carta donde un misterioso personaje le cita en una cabaña abandonada en lo más profundo de los bosques de Oregón. A pesar de sus dudas, Mack viaja a la cabaña, donde se encontrará con alguien inesperado. Este encuentro conducirá a Mack a enfrentarse a importantes verdades, que no sólo transformarán su comprensión de la tragedia sino que harán que su vida cambie para siempre.
En un pequeño barrio de Jerusalén, un grupo de mujeres lucha por unir a su comunidad y preservar sus tradiciones en contra de David, un rabino carismático que llega al lugar y cautiva con su discurso a los hombres de la zona. Tras el derrumbamiento del balcón de las mujeres de la sinagoga, ellas tendrán que combatir para que el rabino anteponga su reconstrucción a sus intereses personales.
Noa (Achinoam Nini), a popular Israeli singer of Yemenite descent, prepares for a concert in Jerusalem. She is interrupted by an old Arab man who claims to have been a close friend her great grandmother. He tells her about Mazal, a Jewish child-bride (Hadar Ozeri) from Yemen, who preserves her religion, culture, family and her unique art, surviving the harsh, violent conditions of Jerusalem and the Holy Land in the late 19th through the mid-20th centuries. She becomes the mother of two, a young widow (Galit Giat), and the family's breadwinner through her skills as a jeweler in gold and silver. In time, a woman of property (Timna Brauer) and an ardent patriot, she prevails through the unfolding bloody decades while living in the Old City of Jerusalem. She heads a family of extraordinary, unforgettable characters and grows old in strength and determination, remaining true to her traditions and ideals.
