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There Are no Lions in Tel Aviv

THERE ARE NO LIONS IN TEL AVIV

Directed by Duki Dror
Israel, 2019
Documentary

Synopsis

The story of the chief Rabbi of Copenhagen’s Jewish community, also known as Rabbi Doolittle. Arriving in Tel Aviv in 1935, Max Shorenstein left his honorable position, in order to fulfill a longtime dream: to build a zoo and teach the children of Palestine-Eretz Israel about the love of animals.

Synopsis

The story of the chief Rabbi of Copenhagen’s Jewish community, also known as Rabbi Doolittle. Arriving in Tel Aviv in 1935, Max Shorenstein left his honorable position, in order to fulfill a longtime dream: to build a zoo and teach the children of Palestine-Eretz Israel about the love of animals.