What's an Israeli parent's worst nightmare? For some, as THE KAPLAN FAMILY AND THE BLACK DEMON makes clear, it may not be suicide bombings or Scud missiles, but something much more personal.

When Micha and Sara Kaplan's youngest daughter, Liat, brings home her new boyfriend, Micha and Sara's nightmare begins. The boyfriend is not from the neighborhood. Husam is from Sudan, is black, Muslim, and a refugee living in a makeshift hut in Sinai.

THE KAPLAN FAMILY AND THE BLACK DEMON is about the impact this interracial, interclass relationship has on the Kaplan family, and what the parents try and do about it. We travel with Micha and Sara as they try to find the root of their troubles, an evil spell or "evil eye" -- and exorcise it. Consulting "professionals" in the villages of Galilee, the Kaplans search for a traditional Arab healer who can help them banish "the black demon" and find a suitable mate for Liat.

With painful honesty and surprising humor, THE KAPLAN FAMILY AND THE BLACK DEMON presents one family's confrontation with prejudice and superstition. It also about the Kaplan's attitudes, which are representative of many Israelis', and of course, it is Liat and Husam's love story.