The Traveler's Prayer

The Traveler's Prayer

The Traveler's Prayer

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The Traveler's Prayer

2025

0h 8m

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Drama

Overview

Mirka, new to the Ultra-Orthodox Jewish world, makes her way from the back of a gender-segregated bus to the front, to save her celiac son Raphael from a cookie containing gluten. This simple act constitutes a challenge to the conventions of the society in which Mirka lives and to which she tries to belong.

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Hila-Lena Royzenman

Mirka

Rivka Michaeli

Rivka Michaeli

Roni Kuban

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Directed by: Elkie Hershberg
Written by: Elkie Hershberg
Produced by: Ori Szternfeld
Lev Orlov

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