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The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem

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“The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem” has made headlines as one of the Israeli TV industry’s most elaborate and expensive productions ever. The series, which follows a family of Spanish Sephardic […]

Michael Aloni and Hila Saada as the central couple in "The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem." (Photo/YES Studios)
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‘The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem’: Can a new Israeli Netflix series succeed if it flunks history?

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