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200370 minPGdocumentary

9.0/ 10(1 rating)• TMDB

In Satmar Custody

200370 minPGdocumentary

9.0/ 10(1 rating)• TMDB

The Jaradi family, part of the Ultra Orthodox Satmar Community in Monroe, NY, illustrates the complexities of Jewish Yemenite immigration and anti-Israel sentiment.

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The Jaradi family, part of the Ultra Orthodox Satmar Community in Monroe, NY, illustrates the complexities of Jewish Yemenite immigration and anti-Israel sentiment.

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This documentary reveals the story of the Jaradi's, a Jewish Yemenite family, one of many that were brought from Yemen to the US (Monroe, NY) by the Ultra orthodox Satmar Community which operates a propaganda machine against the immigration to Israel.

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