Kazablan

AnadaptationofapopularIsraelistagemusical.KazablanisanarmyveteranturnedgangleaderintheIsraeliportofJaffawhomaskshisfeelingsofbitternesswithalotofbravado.He'ssweetonRachel,ayoungwomanwholiveswithherfatherandstepmother.Thebuddingrelationshipscandalizestheneighbors(nottomentionRachel'sparents)andinfuriatesYanush,amiddle-agedshoestoreownerwhowantsRachelforhimself.(Yanushfeelshe'sentitledtomarryRachelsincethey'rebothAshkenaziJewsofEasternEuropeanorigins,whereasKazablanisaSephardicJewfromMorocco.)TheneighborhoodhassomethingelsetoworryaboutbesidestheanticsofKazablanandhisgang:thecitywantstoteardowntheircrumblinghomes.Theresidentspooltheirresourcestosavetheirhouses,butthemoneythat'scollectedisstolen.Whenhe'sjailedforthetheft,Kazablanmustfindawaytoclearhimself.