Mossad 101 (, ''lit.'' The Seminary) is an

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series that premiered on Channel 2 on October 31, 2015. The series follows a fictional training course for the Israeli intelligence agency the

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and focuses on the humane side of its agents and their personal experiences. It reveals different methods to track down, sort and recruit successful agents and shows the moral difficulties of this occupation. The series became available on

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on 10 October 2016. The second season premiered on 26 October 2017, initially on Israel's Channel 2, and from November 2017 on Reshet's new standalone channel,

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Plot

The series revolves around a secret

compound called 'HaMidrasha', which is surrounded by surveillance cameras and is equipped with technological devices. The compound operates a training course in which 13 trainees are sent to complicated missions in order to test their suitability for the occupation, and their improvisation, seduction and impersonation abilities. Yona, the commander of the course, criticizes the mediocrity of Mossad's agents and demands from the new trainees a higher level of execution. He decides to create a new training program to test his trainees via unusual and radical situations, in which, apart from excellence, Yona demands a creative " out of the box" thinking. As individual trainees fail in different ways (physically, psychologically, ethically), they are unceremoniously dropped from the training program (and mostly from the show).

Cast and characters

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as Yona Harari ("Kinder"): Commander of the course, a grounded

agent * Liron Weismann as Avigail: Supervisor and former wife of Yona, a psychologist *

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as Simon: Retired Mossad agent, was called to serve as the guide of the course *Shai Avivi as Micha: Deputy Mossad director *

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as Giora Hafner: Trainee of the course, a wealthy businessman *

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as Avishay: Trainee of the course,

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as Doris Levi: Trainee of the course *Omer Barnea as Uri Spector: Trainee of the course, born in the

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*Rom Barnea as Ziv Spector: Trainee of the course, born in the United States * Soraya Torrens as Katarina Anolyo: Trainee of the course, born in

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*Alex Cheqon as Max Elbaz: Trainee of the course, born in

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*Dan Shapira as Hanoch Gat: Trainee of the course, a former

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pilot * Yaniv Biton as Kobi Frechdal ("The Persian"): Trainee of the course, born in

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*Gal Toran as Avital Vexler: Trainee of the course, an actor *Genya Snop as Sveta Sheransky: Trainee of the course, born in

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* Daniel Litman as Tubi Miller (season 2) *

Tzachi Halevy Tzachi Halevy (or Tsahi HaLevi; ; born ) is an Israeli film and television actor and singer. Early and personal life HaLevi was born and raised in Petah Tikva, Israel, to an Israeli family of both Sephardi Jewish and Mizrahi Jewish descent.

as Liron Hariri (season 2)

Episodes

Season 2 (2017-2018) Episode 1. Mr. & Mrs. X (26-10-2017) 14 Episode 2. Sarcophagus operation (02-11-2017) 15 Episode 3. Recruitment attempt (09-11-2017) 16 Episode 4. Sign from God (14-11-2017) 17 Episode 5. Fireworks (21-11-2017) 18 Episode 6. I shall come to your door (27-11-2017) 19 Episode 7. Hariri’s monkey (14-12-2017) 20 Episode 8. Trust-building measures (21-12-2017) 21 Episode 9. The messenger (24-12-2017) 22 Episode 10. Kaddish (31-12-2017) 23 Episode 11. A bent lid for a broken pot (07-01-2018) 24 Episode 12. Forgiveness is divine (18-01-2018) 25

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mossad 101 (in Hebrew Hamidrasha) Israeli drama television series Israeli action television series Channel 2 (Israeli TV channel) original programming 2015 Israeli television series debuts 2016 Israeli television series endings Television shows set in Israel Works about the Mossad Israeli spy television series Words and phrases in Modern Hebrew