Elka’s Gold [הזהב של אלקה]

Author(s): Yosef Bar-Yosef
Elka saved her two sons in the Holocaust, but now, in Israel, she is still sheltering them. When her youngest son, Pesach, falls in love with Malia, a single mother, Elka objects but gives in. Her eldest son returns after running away from his mother and unloved wife, only to fall in love with Malia as well. The sons turn against one another, and against their mother. The family falls apart.
Format: Drama
Cast Size:3F/3M

Snapshot

Original or Prominent Production:
Habimah, 1989 (under the title Gold)
Nationality of Author: Israeli
Original Language: Hebrew
Publisher:

Carmel

Experience(s) Chronicled: Survivors and Subsequent Generations

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