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We need tests.

Watch his breathing.

His name?

Can you use mine?

Landsman.

We're okay.

No, he's asleep.

Yes, he's fine.

I'll give him your love.

Is Jonas better?

Wrap up the kids!

We'll see you on Sunday, right?

I sound odd?

Don't be silly.

I told you, he's having a nap.

See you Sunday.

- She starts high school next year.

- Big girl!

Wine, Mr. Graneck?

Yes, please.

And two carrots!

Your grandma's a great cook!

Like it?

The boy's not eating?

You like kneidlers?

Pass your plate.

Okay, sweetie?

Eat up, then.

You should meet my mother.

Best broth I've had in years!

Have a drop more.

I'll eat while it's hot.

Come, Jonas. Broth is good.

Come on now, Jonas.

Do I hear the baby?

Anything missing?

Don't you want to be the horse?

You're a caballero in that hat!

Jonas! Don't, dear.

You'll hurt Grandpa.

- Tell him, Dora.

- Jonas, don't!

Here, dear. Have some cake.

I'm okay.

Was I a good horse?

Doing okay?

Your attention, please!

Welcome to Israel.

For immigration,

please prepare your passports, photos

and the forms

you filled out on the plane.

The State of Israel

is happy to welcome you.

On behalf of Israel,

welcome home!

Once you've received the money,

proceed down the hall...

Once you've completed the formalities

you'll be given an Israeli passport

written in Hebrew.

Then you'll reclaim your baggage.

Lewin family to the desk, please.

Come along, Daniel.

Vera, come too.

Are you one family?

- No, but she's with us.

- Please wait your turn.

- We're together.

- By family only.

Are you okay?

Welcome. This way.

Stay together.

Welcome.

Vera, I've managed to get us all

in the same room.

Give me your bags.

Vera!

- Any luck?

- Still no answer.

Sit down, have a bite. It's good.

He won't eat a thing.

Are you sure the address is correct?

I'm not sure.

It's so long since I had any news.

Ben Gurion Street...

Number 5, Apt. 40.

Ramat...

Ramat Gan.

Problem?

Vera,

are you sorry you came with us?

Of course not.

Try this Israeli cabbage.

Unknown in Moscow.

- It's Israeli?

- Yes. Good?

I've been meaning to tell you.

I may have ajob.

Down south. Near the desert.

There's construction work there.

They need labor.

Desert's beautiful.

Strong!

Down south?

You're leaving Tel Aviv?

Come with us.

But I have my...

You won't bother us.

I have my cousin here.

I have to see her.

After that...

After that I don't know.

Felix, come here a minute.

What are you telling her?

I can't go on living like this.

- I can't stand it!

- We already discussed this.

Shut up!

This heat!

The room next-door

has airconditioning.

The Promised Land!

It's no problem.

Things will work out.

I'm going out.

That way?

Do you speak Yiddish?

I speak a little French.

Did Mrs. Grunstein

A home?

One moment, please.

I have her address, here.

It's right across town.

I have to go to Tel Aviv?

- Is it far?

- On the south side.

Best thing, take a cab.

I have to go to Tel Aviv?

Do you speak Yiddish?

Don't you speak Yiddish?

That way?

Over there?

What's this?

Give me that.

You speak no Yiddish?

None at all?

Do you speak Russian?

Enough!

How much?

I didn't recognize you.

What a surprise...

It's been so long.

That's how it goes.

Let me look at you.

I wrote you letters...

- I didn't get them.

...no reply.

You're the same girl.

I recognize you!

Where were you all this time?

Vera, this is my boyfriend.

We met here.

Lubartow.

See? It's fate.

So we speak the same language.

Yiddish.

You look very happy here.

The food's good,

I have a nice room,

my friends come around

and we share all our thoughts.

We have good doctors,

good nurses.

They have everything they need.

They're very well equipped.

Here, we don't bother anybody.

Tell me, have you heard from Hannah?

Hannah?

She died last year, in May.

And you left everything in Moscow

to come here!

I'm Israeli now.

Fancy that!

So where's your husband?

Husband?

What are you talking about, Mina?

Do you speak Yiddish?

Yes, of course.

I'm trying to get

to my hotel in Richon.

Richon is the other way.

You're heading in the wrong direction.

I get off at the next stop.

Come with me. I'll show you.

You must cross the road

and take the Richon bus

or you'll wind up

at the bus station. Okay?

It's going to rain.

The air is heavy.

See? You only have to cross the road.

What's the matter? Are you okay?

It's the heat. It's so hot.

This is beautiful.

Come on in.

I'll get that.

Make yourself at home.

Have a nice cool drink.

This heat!

It's cooler indoors.

I thought people in Israel

spoke Yiddish.

It's getting rare.

It's spoken less and less.

I had no idea.

See how useful it is?

It seems there are no more Jews

in Israel, only Israelis!

I can't take this heat.

Are you from Russia?

Yes, near Moscow.

It's ages since I spoke Yiddish.

Not since my husband died.

It goes to show, you never forget.

Drink up.

- Nice and cool.

- Feeling better?

Yes, I'm better.

I just saw my cousin.

First time in 28 years!

Is this your first time in Israel?

I've come to live here.

You'll laugh, but I followed

my next-door neighbors.

Neighbors?

To immigrate,

and asked if I wanted to come.

I had nothing to lose.

I have a crazy streak

so here I am, and that's it.

An old Jewish woman.

How can I lose?

How brave!

That's my cousin,

when she still lived in Paris.

It's an old picture.

You lived in Paris?

Before the war,

I had a big family there.

Parents, cousins, sisters...

a big family.

Now they're all gone.

- Big family?

- Nobody now.

You have nobody back in Russia?

Do you mind if I stretch out my leg?

Make yourself comfortable.

My right leg.

It aches a little.

I didn't picture Israel like this.

The way my husband

used to talk about it...

Still, I'm glad to see the sea again.

I'm planning...

to visit the Negev Desert.

They say the desert's very strong.

The storm...

Rivka, look here!

Why ever can't you close

the window when it rains?

This rug is ruined!

- You want tea?

- Of course.

Yes, it is.

Rivka! For you, from Paris.

Graneck.

C,K.

Yes, I lived in Belleville.

Until July 16th, 1942.

Who was it?

Someone else

with the same name as me.

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