Byline: CHARLES W. HOLMES Cox News Service
JERUSALEM If art imitates life, then surely motion pictures reflect the mood of society.
And using the recent crop of Israeli films as a measure, the Jewish state is looking more and more at the ordinary problems of modern life than at the distinctive problems of Israel and the durable Middle East strife.
``Israeli cinema is maturing just as Israel is maturing as a result of the peace process,'' said Judith Lungen, assistant director of Jerusalem's 12th annual film festival, which concluded last Sunday.
The bulk of films that debuted at the festival did not dwell on typically Jewish and …
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