Durante um bar mitzvah em uma comunidade judaica de Jerusalém, a bancada onde as mulheres rezam quebra. Logo após, um novo rabino com pensamentos ultra-ortodoxos chega e prega que as mulheres não deveríam frequentar a sinagoga. Revoltadas, elas se unem para juntar dinheiro e reconstruir seus postos.
16-year-old Zohar lives with her younger sister and single mother Debbie, in a poor neighbourhood in Tel Aviv. When a teenage boy comes calling on her at home, tomboy Zohar must deal with first signs of womanhood.
Mimon is an adolescent having trouble in school, trouble picking his friends, trouble communicating with his limo driving single mom. Like so many 12 year olds his life is filled with a 12 year old's problems. He is failing in school and decides to solve his problems by emulating a local hoodlum and robbing the Post Office. The reason for this deed of daring do is to steal Certificates of Completion for school. From there Mimon goes on a journey of self-discovery.
Sima Vaknin is a widow who wants to build a small residantial unit in her backyard but meets a strong resistance from her neighbor Wasserman. Sima angry curses him and curse becomes true. The rumor spread quickly and suddenly mass pilgrims are at Sima's door to receive a blessing or order a curse.
A 32-year-old policeman trying to reconcile with the end of his marriage finds an abandoned baby in an ally, and is forced to take the infant home with him for the night
