The Arbitrator

The Arbitrator
Also known as	'Ha-Borer'
Genre	Crime drama Black comedy[1]
Written by	Reshef Levy
Directed by	Shay Kanot[2]
Country of origin	Israel
Original language(s)	Hebrew
Release
Original network	Hot Channel 3[2]
External links
Website
Production website

The Arbitrator (2007) (Hebrew: הבורר‎‎, Ha-Borer) is an Israeli crime drama series.^[3] It tells the story of Nadav Feldman, a social worker who discovers that he was adopted and his real father is the head of a crime family.

Cast and characters

• Baruch "The Arbitrator" Asulin (Moshe Ivgy) - the head of a crime family.
• Nadav Feldman (Yehuda Levi) - a social worker who finds out that Baruch is his biological father.
• Avi "The Spleen" Asulin (Shlomi Koriat) - Baruch's trigger happy son, who serves as the series' comic relief.
• Yigal "The Nazi" Mizrahi (Uri Gavriel) - Baruch's nemesis and formerly best friend.
• Amram "Bulldog" Hashbian (Yossef Abu Varda) - Baruch's friend and personal bodyguard.
• Gila Asulin (Hanna Azoulay-Hasfari) - Baruch's wife.
• Naomi "Spoon" Asulin (Lirit Balaban) - Baruch's baalat teshuva daughter, who also serves as a comic relief.
• Pavel and Nikola Kovlova (Michael Rozhetzky and Shalom Michaelshvili) - two henchmen who initially work for Baruch.
• Irena Kovlova (Ania Bukstein) - Pavel and Nikola's sister, who gets romantically involved with Nadav.
• Limor "Kuki" Goldman (Neta Garti) - Avi's mistress.
• Ron "The Persian" Hashbian (Tzion Baruch) - one of Baruch's henchmen.
• Menachem Madmoni (Uri Klausner) - a detective in charge of investigating Baruch's clan.
• Yossi Asulin (Shaul Mizrahi) - Baruch's brother.
• Oshrit Asulin (Dana Ivgy) - Yossi's daughter. (In real life, Dana is Moshe Ivgy's daughter.)
• Amos Faruki (Yaakov Cohen) - a veteran associate of Baruch, Yossi and Yigal.
• Itzik Sasa (Dror Geva) - Naomi's suitor and later husband.
• Shimi Angel (Igal Adika) - an acquaintance of the Asulin family, who has ambitions to become a contract killer.
• Idan Romi (Aviv Allouche) - one of Baruch's henchmen.
• Nir (Yon Tumarkin) - sniper elite unit.

References

1. Rabkin, Nathaniel (3 November 2011). "Jewish Mafia: 'Ha-Borer' Is the Israeli 'Sopranos'". Tablet Magazine. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
2. Izikovich, Gili (26 October 2010). "Crime pays". Haaretz. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
3. Burstein, Nathan (2007). "Halla replaces lasagna in 'HaBorer'". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 13 November 2013.

External links

• The Arbitrator at the Internet Movie Database