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DIRECTED BY EYTAN FOX
ISRAEL, 2002
71 MINUTES
IN HEBREW WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
STRAND RELEASING

A GAY LOVE STORY LIKE NO OTHER. Yossi, with his compact body, short hair and no-nonsense manner, is just what you’d expect from a young Israeli officer. Under his command is lanky, hang-loose, charismatic Jagger, played by Israel’s biggest heartthrob, soap opera star Yehuda Levi, who resembles a young Robert De Niro. YOSSI & JAGGER has been capturing Israeli audiences in droves. Its young cast personifies the intense combination of fear, joy, boredom and confusion that are the lot of soldiers everywhere. But added to the mix are the tensions of hiding a relationship that a macho military culture would abhor and the special poignancy of experiencing love in places where you would least expect it to bloom.

WITH SUPPORT FROM THE JOAN S. CONSTANTINER FUND FOR JEWISH AND HOLOCAUST FILMS

The Official YOSSI & JAGGER Website

Articles on gays in the Israeli Military:

• from The Queer Resource Directory
• from The Center for the Study of Sexual Minorities
• from The Independant Gay Forum

Download (pdf files):

• Homosexuality and the Israel Defense Forces: Did Lifting the Gay Ban Undermine Military Performance? by AARON BELKIN AND MELISSA LEVITT
• HOMOSEXUALS IN THE MILITARY - Policies and Practices of Foreign Countries, United States General Accounting Office Report to the Honorable GAO John W. Warner, U.S. Senate, June 1993

Gay/Lesbian Links

• PLANETOUT Website
• New York Lesbian & Gay Community Services Center
  Home to over 300 groups servicing the Gay & Lesbian community of New York City.
• GLAAD Website
• Gender Issues
• Lesbian and Gay Experimental Film/Video Page
• QueerNet

Israeli Links:

• Ha'aretz Daily Edition - An Israeli daily newspaper, now available on the web in both Hebrew and English
• Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Especially notable are the sections on the peace process and a selection of reference documents
• Israeli Culture - Delve into Israeli culture at About.com's fairly comprehensive website
• Yesh Gvul - Support group for soldiers who refuse service in occupied territories

Brothers and Others in Arms: The Making of Love and War in Israeli Combat Units by Danny Kaplan

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