Esther D. Kustanowitz
Esther D. Kustanowitz is a Los Angeles-based writer, editor and consultant. She is the Editor at GrokNation.com, a blog and web community founded by actress, neuroscientist and mom Mayim Bialik, and a Contributing Writer at the Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles.
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The over five-year captivity of IDF Corporal Gilad Shalit as a prisoner of war enthralled Israel, but the prisoner exchange that secured his release proved to be a controversial deal.
The robust development of the female characters on “Prisoners of War” grounds audiences in the intimacy of the series and provides compelling universal themes of family, loss, and sorrow.
Much like its American counterpart "Homeland," "Prisoners of War" is an exciting series featuring the fraught experiences of three Israeli soldiers and their families as they adjust to a new reality of life.