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Kathmandu is a 2012 Israeli television miniseries depicting the lives of a Chabad Hasidic Jewish family living in Kathmandu, Nepal. The 13-episode series was produced by the Israeli company Reshet.^[1]

The main characters of the series, "Shmulik" (Michael Moshonov) and "Mushkie" (Nitzan Levartovsky),^[2] are based on the lives of Rabbi Chezki Lifshitz and Rebbetzin Chani Lifshitz who are the Chabad emissaries in Nepal.^[3]

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^ ""Kathmandu" (official website, in Hebrew)". Reshet TV. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
^ "Zany, Heartfelt 'Kathmandu' Evokes the Soul of Jewish Culture in Nepal". 5 December 2012.
^ "Kindness and kinship in Kathmandu". 6 September 2012.

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