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Jewish Studies DVDs

American matchmaker [Ameriokaner Shadkhen] ; with I want to be a boarder = Ikh ovil zayn a border 2005? c1998

Edgar G Ulmer, Sherle Castle, Leo Fuchs, Judith Abarbanel, Judel Dubinsky, Anna Guskin, Celia Bodkin, Abraham Lax, Joseph Seiden, Yetta Zwerling, National Center for Jewish Film, Fame Films Inc, and Jewish Talking Picture Co

The story of second-generation American Jewish immigrants. The story of a husband and wife who pretend to be landlady and tenant. 1 videodisc (102 min.)

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At home in utopia c2008

Focuses on the United Workers Cooperative Colony, aka the Coops, the most grass-roots and member-driven of the Jewish labor housing cooperatives, where many of the residents were Communists or sympathetic to the communist movement. Beginning as a stalwartly secular East European Jewish working class enclave, they were part of an international movement. This film bears witness to lives lived with courage across the barriers of race, nation, language, convention, and sometimes even common sense. 1 videodisc (57 min.)

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Back to Gombin 2002

"Within a tapestry of film, video and stills, Back to Gombin tells the story of a group of 50 children of survivors of Shoah, who return to their parents village in Poland in acts of reconciliation, healing and discovery. They make friends, unexpectedly with many of their parents former neighbors and together they pay homage to their ancestors from this town; formerly a vibrant community of Jews and Christians, who lived together for centuries. We see them together as the reclamation and rededication of the Jewish cemetery, where they have brought the tombstones back from being used as road paving; at the placement of a monument to the Jewish victims at Chelmo, the first extermination camp in Nazi occupied Poland; and at the slave labor camp's mass grave, where the filmmaker's grandfather is buried. The film documents the remaining Jewish survivors of the town (of 2500 Jews, 212 survived and now only a handful of these elderly people exist). Artistically, the film incorporates rare archival film footage shot by an American, born in this town in Gombin in 1937, eighteen months before the occupation."--Case. 1 videodisc (56 min.)

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The Bene Israel a family portrait c2006

Examines the customs, ceremonies, and rituals of the Bene-Israel, descendants of Jews shipwrecked on the Konkan Coast of India 2,000 years ago as they fled from the persecution of Antiochus Epiphanus in ancient Israel. 1 videodisc (32 min.) :

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Beyond Eyruv 2008

John Mounier, Basya Schechter, Scott J Gill, DOK Arts (Firm), and Cinema Guild

"Documentary that examines the life of a young Hasidic man-20 year old Moshe Galan- who's chosen to leave behind the only world he's known, the ultra-orthodox community, out of curiosity for the 'world out there' and an urgent need to relieve himself of the limitations inherent in such a closed community. This documentary is, at its heart, about transformation and the challenges that Moshe faces as he departs from his familiar community and enters into an unknown world and culture, a secular society. This new life that Moshe undertakes is filled with struggles as he works toward earning a High School diploma, negotiates his relationship with his grandparents who have encouraged his departure, tries to support himself, all the while, lacking the basic skills to survive in our world. Ultimately, Moshe's biggest struggle is one of faith and his relationship with God and his family who live in Israel. As the story unfolds, we see that Moshe is living in between these two worlds, not finding comfort in either. While he desperately wants to find recognition and acceptance in his new life, he's unable to leave the past behind him, making his future unclear and questionable." -- IMDB. 1 videodisc (72 min.)

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Black Israel 2003

This film is a vibrant portrait of pluralistic 21st-century Jewish identities across the globe. It documents Africans and African-Americans who live in Israel and practice Judaism there. Africans from Nigeria, Togo, the Congo, Zaire, Lagos and Ethiopia have emigrated to Israel to work or to study Judaism. They were unable to study their religion at home since there was no one to teach them. In the Negev desert, several thousand black Americans who fled the urban slums in the 1960s have formed an independent community where they practice their own version of the Hebraic religion under the law of their leader Carter Ben Ami. Although they have been denied citizenship in Israel, they enjoy friendly relations with Israelis and believe Israel is "the kingdom of Paradise on Earth." Many black Jews born in the Caribbean have moved to the U.S. to practice Judaism. One congregant of the Ethiopian Hebrew Congregation in Harlem, born in Trinidad, recalls that his father's family which had Sephardic roots, kept kosher and celebrated the Sabbath. We meet a diverse group of people from a Harlem rabbi who reveals his thoughts on the spread of Judaism in sub-Saharan Africa, to Rebecca Walker, the biracial daughter of civil rights activist Alice Walker and to an African learning Yiddish in Paris. As one Jew from Nigeria concludes, "Judaism has no color.". 1 videodisc (91 min.)

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Cohen's fire sale Cohen's advertising scheme c2007

Edwin S Porter and National Center for Jewish Film

Cohen's advertising scheme: This is perhaps the earliest cinematic example of the Jewish stereotype known as the "scheming merchant," a familiar caricature from theater and literature. In this typical one-shot gag film Cohen, a Jewish shop owner, hits upon a new advertising scheme: tricking a passerby into buying a coat on which he hangs a large sign advertising his store on the back--Container. Cohen's fire sale: Cohen is again portrayed as the "scheming merchant." In this film a new shipment of hats is accidentally picked up by the trash man. Cohen pursues the trash wagon throughout New York picking up the hats as they drop off. When the hats are not selling, Cohen reads his insurance policy, arranges for an "accidental" fire, and afterwards holds a fire sale--Container. 1 videodisc (11 min.)

MEDIA 10-1865

Conspiracy 2002, 2001

Frank R Pierson, Nicholas Gillott, Loring Mandel, Kenneth Branagh, Stanley Tucci, Colin Firth, Jonathan Coy, Brendan Coyle, Ben Daniels, Barnaby Kay, Kevin McNally, Ian McNeice, Brian Pettifer , Ewan Stewart, Peter Sullivan, Owen Teale, David Threlfall, and Nicholas Woodeson

On January 20, 1942, 15 German officials attended a conference at Wannsee - on the outskirts of Berlin. The meeting comprised of mid-ranking SS commanders and a variety of government ministers. The meeting was organized by SS Major Adolf Eichmann under the direction of Chief of Security Reinhard Heydrich. It was a polite conference, but under this thin veneer of manners lay an evil intent. By the end of the meeting, the fate of six million lives would be decided and the shape of the world would be altered forever. 1 videodisc (96 min.)

MEDIA 10-103

Esther Kahn 2002

Arnaud Desplechin, Emmanuel Bourdieu, Pascal Caucheteux, Chris Curling, Arthur Symons, Summer Phoenix, Ian Holm, Fabrice Desplechin, and Frances Barber

A young Jewish migrant living in London at the turn of the 19th century works with her family in a sweatshop. But Esther is the weak link in the operation. She is slow and stubborn, she never has an opinion on anything and never feels anything for anyone. She decides to become an actress, because it is only in the theater that she awakens. It is on the stage that, one evening, she breaks through twenty years of suppressed life, and really begins to live. 1 videodisc (142 min.)

MEDIA 10-145

Exodus 2002

Otto Preminger, Dalton Trumbo, Paul Newman , Eva Marie Saint, Ralph Richardson, and Leon Uris

The story of the birth of Israel as an independent state, based on the novel by Leon Uris. 1 videodisc (ca. 208 min.)

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The feast of Passover c2005

Jay Berkson, Sidney M Goldin, Leibele Waldman, Noyeoh Nokhbush, Mark Schweid, oVilner trupe, and National Center for Jewish Film

1 videodisc (15 min.)

MEDIA 10-1856

The Goldbergs c2008

Gertrude Berg, Marc Daniels, Wm Berke, Robert H Harris, Arlene McQuade, Tom Taylor , Eli Mintz, and Timeless Media Group

After almost twenty years on radio, this comedy - drama series about a struggling Jewish family in New York City aired from 1949-1956. The Goldbergs is a show about the importance of neighborhood and family. 2 videodiscs (262 min.) :

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Hester Street 199-?

Abraham Cahan, Joan Micklin Silver, Mel Howard, Carol Kane, Steven Keats, Raphael D Silver, and Dorrie Kavanaugh

Russian Jewish immigrants, Jake and Gitl, encounter trials and tribulations as they discard their old world traditions and adjust to life in America in 1896. 1 videocassette (89 min.)

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In her own time the final fieldwork of Barbara Myerhoff c2007

Lynne Littman, Vikram Jayanti, Barbara G Myerhoff, Center for Visual Anthropology, Embassy Television (Firm), Direct Cinema Ltd, and Act III Communications

Focuses on cultural anthropologist Barbara Myerhoff's study of the community of Hasidic Jews in Los Angeles's Fairfax neighborhood. Tells also how, after exhausting medical treatment for cancer, she found strength among the traditions, faith, and caring of these Orthodox Jews. 1 videodisc (60 min.)

MEDIA 10-950

In search of memory the neuroscientist Eric Kandel, winner of the Nobel Prize 2008

Petra Seeger, Eric R Kandel, FilmForm Keoln (Firm), Arte (Firm), eOsterreichischer Rundfunk, Westdeutscher Rundfunk, and Icarus Films

The life and work of one of the most important neuroscientists of the 20th century, Nobel Prize winner Eric Kandel. a compelling blend of autobiography and history that recounts the life of one of the most important neuroscientists of the 20th century and illuminates scientific developments in our understanding of the brain's role in recording and preserving memory. In addition to archival footage and dramatic re-creations of Kandel's childhood experiences in Nazi-occupied Vienna and his formative years as an emigrant in New York, the film features discussions with Kandel, friends and family, as well as his public lectures in Vienna and New York, which explore both his professional and personal life, especially his emotional ties to Judaism. 1 videodisc (95 min.)

MEDIA 10-1837

The Jewish Americans c2008

David Grubin, Liev Schreiber, Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association, JTN Productions, WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.), David Grubin Productions, WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), PBS Home Video, and Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)

Chronicles the 350 year saga of immigrants who gradually wove themselves into the fabric of American life without abandoning their traditions. 2 videodiscs (345 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3419

Jewish life in Bialystok c2005

Yitzhak Goskind, Asher Lerner, Sektor Films, and National Center for Jewish Film

Documents the commercial, industrial and cultural center of Bialystok, Poland emphasizing the city's 200-year-old Jewish community. 1 videodisc (10 mins.) :

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Jewish life in Krakow 2005

Yitzhak Goskind, Asher Lerner, Sektor Films, and National Center for Jewish Film

Documents the commercial, industrial and cultural institutions of the Jewish community in pre-World War II Kraków. 1 videodisc (10 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2962

Jewish life in Lwow 2005

Yitzhak Goskind, Asher Lerner, Sektor Films, and National Center for Jewish Film

Now known as L'vov, in Ukraine, this city is shown as it was in early 1939, the Polish City of Lwów. Focuses on the Jews, one third of the population in 1939, their institutions, and their way of life. 1 videodisc (10 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2960

Jewish life in Wilno 2005

Yitzhak Goskind, Asher Lerner, Sektor Films, and National Center for Jewish Film

Film sequences of pre-World War II Vilnius document people engaged in the rituals and realities of every day life: at work, at play, in school and in the synagogue. 1 videodisc (10 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2963

Jews and baseball an American love story 2011

Traces the Jewish involvement in the history of the sport from the game's earliest days, through the tumultuous war years to today's All-Star games. By analyzing various stages in this history, including how the legendary Sandy Koufax pioneered rights for players and Hank Greenberg's support of Jackie Robinson, the film demonstrates how Jews shaped baseball, and baseball shaped them. 1 videodisc (91 min.)

MEDIA 10-3833

Kadosh Sacred 2000

Eliette Abécassis, Amos Gitai, Michael Propper, Yael Abecassis, Yoram Hattab, Sami Hori, and Meital Barda

The story of two Hasidic sisters living in the Mea Shearim area of Jerusalem. Rivka and her husband are deeply in love, but he obeys his rabbi father and divorces her after 10 childless years of marriage. Rivka's sister Malka loves a man who has left Hasidism after joining the army, but accepts the marriage her parents have arranged to the rabbi's assistant. 1 videodisc (117 min.)

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A life apart Hasidism in America 2001?

A life apart relates the story of the creation of the Hasidic post-Holocaust communities in the United States. Seven years in the making, this documentary explores Hasidic homes, schools, and ceremonies. 1 videodisc (95 min.)

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The longing the forgotten Jews of South America 2007

Gabriela Böhm, Filmakers Library, inc, and Böhm Productions

A small group of South Americans are eager to affirm their Jewish faith. Their ancestors - Spanish Jews - were forced to convert during the Inquisition. 'The longing' tells the story of a group of "conversos" attempting to regain their birthright. 1 videodisc (75 min.)

MEDIA 10-1137

Luboml my heart remembers c2004

Shows daily life in the predominantly Jewish market town of Luboml in prewar Poland through the use of archival photos, film footage, and interviews with former residents. Also recounts the the Nazi destruction of the Jewish community and the execution of the Jewish citizens in 1942. 1 videodisc (71 min.)

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Making trouble 2009

Rachel Talbot, Gail Twersky Reimer, Jackie Hoffman, Cory Kahaney, Jessica Kirson, Judy Gold, Fyvush Finkel, Kenneth Turan, Tovah Feldshuh, and Jewish Women's Archive (Brookline, Mass.)

Profiles six female comic entertainers of the last century and explores "what it means to be Jewish, female and funny"--Container. 1 videodisc (85 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2955

My Israel revisiting the trilogy 2008

Yulie Cohen Gerstel, Sinai Abt, Channel 8 Israel, Cohen Gerstel Productions (Firm), First Hand Films (Firm), New Danes Production, Magic Hour Films, DR TV (Television station : Copenhagen, Denmark), British Broadcasting Corporation, and Women Make Movies (Firm)

Few filmmakers have probed issues of Israeli nationalism and Israeli-Palestinian relations more completely or intimately than Tel Aviv-born Yulie Cohen. In My Israel, Cohen revisits her acclaimed trilogy My terrorist (2002), My land Zion (2004), and My brother (2007) with new footage, fresh perspective, and her trademark fearlessness. For Cohen, Israel is the land of her ancestors, the land her parents fought for during the 1948 war and the land she herself served as an Air Force officer during the Entebbe crisis. In 1978, working as an El Al stewardess, she survived a terrorist attack in London that killed a colleague and left her with shrapnel in her arm. Embarking on a difficult and emotional journey, she attempts to free the surviving terrorist who attacked her, to question the myths of the state that she grew up in, and to reconcile with her ultra-orthodox brother after 25 years of estrangement. My Israel is an account of remarkable courage and understanding set against the last turbulent decade of Israeli history. 4 videodiscs (249 min.) :

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My land Zion a film 2004

Yulie Cohen Gerstel, Moti Golani, Cohen Gerstel Productions (Firm), First Hand Films (Firm), New Danes Production, Women Make Movies (Firm), and British Broadcasting Corporation

Yulie Cohen-Gerstel questions her own decision to return and raise her family in war-torn Israel, while challenging the myths of Zionism. As she wonders about the future that awaits her daughters in a country embroiled in continuous war, she stretches a connecting thread from the murder of Jews in the Holocaust to the war of independence to the rise in settlements and the condition of Palestinian refugees in Israel today. She confronts her parents on the role they played in the pre-state Palmah militia, goes to Hungary with Matti Golani to visit his childhood home, talks with a Holocaust survivor, whose house currently stands on displaced Arab land, and with Ruthi Gillis, the widow of Shmuel Gillis, a doctor who was shot to death in 2001 on his way home. 1 videodisc (58 min.)

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The return of Sarah's daughters 1997

Marcia Jarmel, Myriam Klotz, Rus Burdman, and PatchWorks Films

"[This film] illuminates the modern conflicts between assimilation and tradition, community and individualism through the braided lives of three women: Rus, a no-nonsense musician and social worker who discovers fulfillment in a traditional religious community; Myriam, a spiritually-oriented lesbian, struggling to find her spiritual home; and the filmmaker, challenged to confront her own lack of ethnic identity, as she tours the private world of traditional Judaism."--Container. 1 videodisc (56 min.) :

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Schindler's list 1994

Steven Spielberg, Steven Zaillian, Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes, John Williams, and Thomas Keneally

The true story of the enigmatic Oskar Schindler, a member of the Nazi party, womanizer & war profiteer, who saved the lives of more than 1,100 Jews during the Holocaust. 2 videocassettes (197 min.)

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The secret 2008

Ronit Kertsner, Noemi Schory, Linda Lovitch, Belshir International (Firm), Noga Communications, and National Center for Jewish Film

During World War II, many Polish Jewish children were either hidden with Catholic families, or their own families managed to survive by hiding behind a Catholic Polish identity. After the war, these families kept this secret as a protection during the Communist era. Half a century later, thousands of younger Poles are finding that they come from Jewish families, and are struggling with this new identity, in a country with few Jews and a continuing history of anti-Semitism. 1 videodisc (55 min.) :

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Sugihara conspiracy of kindness c2005

This documentary tells the story of Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara, consul to Lithuania during World War II. Sugihara defied Tokyo authorities and wrote transit visas that allowed hundreds of Jewish families to flee Europe through Russia to Japan and other countries. Includes home movies, photographs, film footage, and interviews with Holocaust survivors who owe their lives to Chiune Sugihara. 1 videodisc (86 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3818

Sunshine 2001

István Szabó, Israel Horovitz, Robert Lantos, András Hámori, Ralph Fiennes, Rosemary Harris, Rachel Weisz, Jennifer Ehle, Deborah Kara Unger, and William Hurt

A compelling epic about generations of a Hungarian Jewish family caught up in the upheavals and false hopes of a war-swept 20th century. 1 videodisc (180 min.)

MEDIA 10-85

Trembling before G-d Le-fanekha bi-re`adah c2003

Marc Smolowitz, Sandi Simcha Dubowski, Steven Greenberg, Simcha Leib Productions, Turbulent Arts (Firm), Keshet Broadcasting, Pretty Pictures (Firm), Cinephil, Ltd, and New Yorker Video (Firm)

A documentary built around personal stories of gay and lesbian Hasidic and Orthodox Jews. Portrays people who face a profound dilemma - how to reconcile their passion for Judaism with the biblical prohibitions against homosexuality. Includes interviews with closeted and out gay Orthodox and Hasidic Jews, including the first openly gay Orthodox rabbis, Steven Greenberg. 2 videodiscs (84 min.)

MEDIA 10-441

Jewish Studies

1933 Master race 1998

David Espar, Peter Pagnamenta, Zvi Dor-Ner , Alfre Woodard, and Jonathan Lewis

With a unique blend of nationalism, militarism, and racial theory, Adolf Hitler taught the German people to believe that they were the "master race". Stirred by the Fuhrer's rousing rhetoric during mass rallies, millions were swept along with the promise of national socialism. In this film Germans talk candidly about the initial allure of Nazism and German Jews recall their persecution and internment in concentration camps as Hitler's master race pursued its destiny--and descended to the greatest depths of barbarism. 1 videocassette (56 min)

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Alle Juden raus! = All Jews out! 1990

Emanuel Rund

History of the Jewish community in Copenhagen. 1 videocassette (82 min.)

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America and the Holocaust deceit and indifference 1994

Martin Ostrow, Hal Linden, and David G McCullough

Uses interviews, official photos, home movies, and archival footage to explore the factors that shaped America's response to the Holocaust and asks the question "Why didn't America do more?" Looks at America's inaction through the experiences of a Jewish refugee trying to save his parents, and through documented evidence of official policy of the U.S. government. 1 videocassette (87 min.)

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American matchmaker [Ameriokaner Shadkhen] ; with I want to be a boarder = Ikh ovil zayn a border 2005? c1998

The story of second-generation American Jewish immigrants. The story of a husband and wife who pretend to be landlady and tenant. 1 videodisc (102 min.)

MEDIA 10-1853

American radical the trials of Norman Finkelstein 2009

David Ridgen, Nicholas Rossier, Baraka Productions, Ridgen Film, Mohawk Films, and Typecast Films (Firm)

A definitive documentary about American academic Norman Finkelstein, a devoted son of holocaust survivors, ardent critic of U.S. and Israeli Mid-East policy, and author of five provocative books, including The Holocaust Industry. Finkelstein has been steadfastly at the center of many intractable controversies, including the recent denial of his tenure at DePaul University. He's called a lunatic and a self-hating Jew by some and an inspirational street-fighting revolutionary by others. 1 videodisc (89 min.)

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André's lives 1998

André Steiner and Brad Lichtenstein

"Dubbed 'the Jewish Schindler,' Bauhaus trained architect Andre Steiner saved thousands of Slovak Jews. The last surviving member of the secret and illegal Jewish 'Working Group' in Slovakia, Andre helped save over 7000 from deportation (almost six times as many as Schindler). His complex rescue effort involved bribing Nazi and Slovak officials in order to build labor camps to keep Jews employed and safe from deportation"--Container. 1 videocassette (54 min.)

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Anna Sokolow choreographer 1991

Anna Sokolow, Lucille Rhodes, Margaret Murphy, and Hannah Kahn

Anna Sokolow speaks about her life, which began on New York's lower East Side as the daughter of immigrant Jewish parents, a heritage that has provided a strong undercurrent for her work. 1 videocassette (20 min.)

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Anne Frank remembered 1996

Jon Blair, Kenneth Branagh, and Glenn Close

This film includes interviews with Anne Frank's surviving family, friends and her heroic protector, Miep Gies and features vintage newsreels, photographs and even a rare home movie to look beyond the celebrated pages of Anne's diary. 1 videocassette (ca. 117 min.)

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Anne Frank the missing chapter 1998

David Hammelburg, Bruce Mundt, J. B Macrander, Maarten Kuit, Bernard Hammelburg, and Melissa Müller

A film about the life and diary of Anne Frank. Includes archival photographs and film footage, and interviews with friends of Anne Frank and her family. 1 videocassette (45 min.)

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The apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz 1993,1974

Richard Dreyfuss, Micheline Lanctôt, Joseph Wiseman, Jack Warden, Randy Quaid, Mordecai Richler, Ted Kotcheff, Thom Noble, and John Kemeny

A comedy-drama of an ambitious young Jewish man in 1948 Montreal. He's determined to be "somebody" and in the process, he cheats, lies, schemes, and uses people to reach his end. He is proud of himself--those around him are disgusted. 1 videocassette (121 min.) ;

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Aqabat Jaber Paix sans retour? 1995

Eyal Sivan and Sylvie Pontoizeau

Examines the Aqabat Jaber camp settled temporarely by Israelis for Palestinians in 1948. The camp still exists, having approximately 3,000 inhabitants living a desperate life, torn between the promise and hope of a normal life in their land taken away, and the reality of a desolate camp, bombarded buildings, and the lack of most necessary facilities. 1 videocassette (60 min.)

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The Archaeology of Jerusalem from David to Jesus 1990

Hershel Shanks

Fascinating history of Jerusalem from the Canaanite beginnings to the Arab conquest, supported by archaeological findings. Starting with the Canaanite settlements, the sequence includes the building of the city by Kings David, Solomon and Herod, its destruction by the Babylonians and the Romans, and its transformation by the Arabs. A couple of archaeological discoveries are presented and discussed in detail: King David's tomb, the underground water tunnel and the Siloam Inscription, Jesus' tomb, the oldest biblical text--preceeding by 400 years the Dead Sea Scrolls. 2 videocassettes (1 hr., 14 min.)

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Arguing the world 1997

Joseph Dorman and Alan Rosenberg

Traces the lives of Daniel Bell, Nathan Glazer, Irving Howe and Irving Kristol as young idealists at City College in the 1940s, their controversial role in the McCarthy era, their battle with the New Left in the sixties, and their vastly differing political views today. 1 videocassette (107 min.)

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Art and remembrance the legacy of Felix Nussbaum 1993

Barbara Pfeffer, Paul Sparer, Emily Bilske , Peter Junk, and Wendelin Zimmer

Tells the story of Felix Nussbaum, the German-Jewish artist who, during four years of hiding in Brussels, created a major body of paintings about European Jews during the Holocaust. One month before the liberation of Brussels, he was turned in to the Gestapo, sent on the last transport to Auschwitz and murdered. The film also examines how a group of young Germans today feel about their nation's past after devoting themselves to bringing Nussbaum's work to the world's attention. 1 videocassette (29 min.)

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At the crossroads 1990

Steven Kostant, John F Ross, Penelope Lane Czarra, and Robert Siegel

An American filmmaker searches for his cultural legacy in Hungary, Poland and Germany. Following the 1989 revolution, he finds that many East Europeans are rediscovering their history and traditions. 1 videocassette (50 min.)

MEDIA 2-2797

Avalon 1991

Barry Levinson, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Aidan Quinn, Joan Plowright, and Elizabeth Perkins

The story of several generations of a family, from the arrival of immigrant Sam Krichinsky in the suburb of Baltimore called Avalon down through his children and grandchildren. The family goes from poverty to prosperity and the world changes around them, but their love and humor hold the family together. 1 videocassette (ca. 126 min.)

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Back to Gombin 2001

Minna Packer

Children of survivors of genocide are interviewed as they journey to Poland to recreate a lost lineage and find their own lives in the midst of history. 1 videocassette (56 min.)

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Behind the hatred mortal enemies 2002

Serge Schmemann, C. Scott Willis, John Fielding, and Sharon Young

"This documentary offers an evenhanded assessment of the conflict in the Middle East by profiling the lives of two men at its center, Israel's Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and the Palestinian Authority's chairman, Yasir Arafat"--Container. 1 videocassette (47 min.)

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Ben-Hur 1988

Charlton Heston, William Wyler, and Lew Wallace

The story of a Jewish nobleman, set in the time of the Roman Empire and the emergence of Christianity. 2 videocassettes

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Benya Krik 1996

Vladimir Vilner, I Babel , M Liarov, IU Shumskii, A Babnik, and A Goricheva

Set in Odessa's Jewish community before and during the revolution, the film follows the criminal activities of Benya Krik and his associates. 1 videocassette (93 min.)

MEDIA 2-3172

Black Israel 2003

Maurice Dorčs, Dominique H Masson, Films Esdés, and Filmakers Library, inc

Documentary presents scenarios of Africans and African Americans who live in the Jewish communities of Israel, and are Jewish by birth or by conversion. The positive and the negative ways in which people are affected by their heritage makes for a vibrant portrait of pluralistic 21st-century Jewish identities. 1 videocassette (88 min.)

MEDIA 2-6772

Black to the promised land c1992

Madeleine Ali, Renen Schorr, Shlomo Rogalin, Blues Productions, West Glen Films, and First Run/Icarus Films

A group of problem students from the Street Academy High School of Brooklyn are taken on a trip to Israel. They experience the everyday life of the Jewish community in a kibbutz. Both Jewish and Black youngsters seem surprised in finding that love, respect and friendship can grow in spite of ethnic differences and the color of their skin. 1 videocassette (97 min.)

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Blacks & Jews 1997

Bari Scott, Deborah Kaufman, and Alan Snitow

Early in the 20th century black and Jewish Americans joined forces against bigotry and for civil rights but in the late 1960's each group turned inward and the coalition fell apart. This film examines the history of this collaboration and recent racial conflicts between Afro-Americans and Jews and attempts at understanding and reconciliation, with particular emphasis on events in New York City and Oakland, California. 1 videocassette (85 min.)

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Breaking the silence the generation after the Holocaust 1984

Edward Allen Mason, Eva Fogelman, Henry Grunebaum, and Edie Wieder

Documents a group discussion in which young adults share their common experience of having parents who survived the Nazi Holocaust. Also shows emotional family discussions leading to improved relationships between generations. 1 videocassette (59 min.)

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Brenda Senders a partisan's story 1991

Brenda Senders, Bernard Penny, and Chris Lloyd

Following an introduction about the stages and causes of the Holocaust, Brenda Senders describes the course of the Holocaust in her little town in the Ukraine to a B nai B rith youth group. 1 videocassette (30 min.)

MEDIA 2-1817

Brother born again: Big Mouth Productions ; directed by Julia Pimsleur ; produced by Katy Chevigny & Julia Pimsleur 2000

Julia Pimsleur and Katy Chevigny

This documentary film traces Julia Pimsleur's efforts to understand her brother's conversion from Judaism to Christianity and attempt to salvage their relationship and rediscover the meaning of family. 1 videocassette (57 min.)

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Bubbeh Lee & me 1996

Andy Abrahams Wilson and Lee Abrahams

Portrait of an extraordinary, ordinary Jewish grandmother and her gay grandson's search for his place in the world. 1 videocassette (35 min.)

DANA 1628

Christians, Jews, and Moslems in Medieval Spain 1989

Rafael Cortes and Robert Lanchester

Due partly to the weakness of its Visigothic rulers, partly to the proximity of Africa, the Iberian peninsula was conquered by Berbers and by Arabs belonging to the Ommeyad Dynasty of Damascous. This program describes the history of Spain from the time of the first landing, in 711, through the nearly 800-year-long war that ended in the expulsion of both Moors and Jews in 1492. 1 videocassette (52 min.)

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Cohen's fire sale Cohen's advertising scheme c2007

Edwin S Porter and National Center for Jewish Film

MEDIA 10-1865

The Commissar 1988

Aleksander Askol dov, Nonna Mordyukova, R Bykov, and Vasilii Semenovich Grossman

In this drama set against the Russian Civil War, a tough Red Army commander's military career is disrupted by an unwanted pregnancy. Forced to stay with a poor Jewish family until her child is born, she finds herself transformed by the warmth and compassion of her hosts. She must ultimately decide whether to rejoin her troops or stay with her child. 1 videocassette (105 min.)

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Conspiracy 2002, 2001

MEDIA 10-103

The courage to care 1986

Robert Gardner, Patrick Prentice, and Elie Wiesel

Describes those individuals who knowingly risked their lives during the Holocaust to aid Jews. 1 videocassette (30 min.)

MEDIA 2-4151

The crucible of Europe 1984

Krainin Julian, Michael Joseloff, Abba Solomon Eban, and WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)

Focuses on the migration of Jews from Moorish Spain to Lithuania and Poland during the 9th to the 15th centuries. 1 videocassette (59 min.)

MEDIA D-179

Das Boot ist voll The boat is full 1989

Markus Imhoof, George Reinhart, Alfred A Häsler, Tina Engel, Curt Bois, Renate Steiger, Mathias Gnadinger, and Gerd David

A group of refugees from Nazi Germany seek asylum in Switzerland by posing as a family. 1 videocassette (104 min.)

DANA MEDIA 926 2-2125

David 1987

Peter Lilienthal, Joachim von Vietinghoff, Ezra BenGershôm, Valter Taub, Irena Vrkljan, Eva Mattes, and Mario Fischel

David is a young Jewish teenager who is caught up in the Nazi regime's persecution. He survives as victim and witness in this poetic but brutal drama filmed in Germany. 1 videocassette (106 min.)

MEDIA 2-2096

Deadly currents 1997, 1991

Simcha Jacobovici, Elliott Halpern, Ric Esther Bienstock, and Steve Weslak

Exposes with unprecedented objectivity the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, examining the brutal hostility from both sides, and offering equal footage to both parties. 1 videocassette (114 min.)

DANA 713

Le Dernier metro The Last metro 1992

François Truffaut, Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, Jean Poiret, and Heinz Bennent

It is Paris, 1942, and against a backdrop of fear and desperation, a tender love story unfolds. A renowned Jewish theatrical director is forced to hide in the cellar of the theatre, leaving the management of the prestigious Montmartre to his devoted actress wife. 1 videocassette (131 min.)

MEDIA 2-1770

Diamonds in the night 1980?

Jan Nemec, Ladislav Janský, and Antonin Kumbera

A study of two Jewish boys who escape from a train which is transporting them from one concentration camp to another. 1 videocassette (VHS) (74 min.)

MEDIA 2-307

The Diary of Anne Frank 1984

Anne Frank, George Stevens, Millie Perkins, Joseph Schildkraut, and Shelley Winters

Based on the diary kept by a young Jewish girl during two years of hiding from the Germans in an Amsterdam attic. 1 videocassette (151 min.)

MEDIA 2-1350

The disputation a theological debate between Christians and Jews 1991

Geoffrey Sax, Jenny Reeks, Hyam Maccoby, Toyah Willcox, Bernard Hepton, Christopher Lee, Helen Lindsay, Bob Peck, and Alan Dobie

Recreates through dramatization a public theological debate between Christians and Jews, which were common during the in Middle Ages. This one, held in Barcelona in 1263 under the authority of King James of Aragon, has Rabbi Moses ben Nachman debating with Pablo Christiani, a Jew converted to Christianity. 1 videocassette (65 min.)

MEDIA 2-1637

The Dybbuk 1989

S An-Ski, Michal Waszy nski, Abraham Morewski, Isaac Samberg, Moshe Lipman, Lili Liliana, Dina Halper, G Lemberger, and Leon Liebgold

Based on the celebrated play written by S. Ansky during the turbulent years of 1912-1917. The Dybbuk reflects Ansky's deep perception of the Shtetl's religious and cultural mores as well as his appreciation of its hidden spiritual resources. Exquisite music and dance interludes in the film evoke the cultural richness of Shtetl communities before World War I and Polish Jewry on the eve of World War II. 1 videocassette (123 min.)

MEDIA 2-1607

The edge of peace six personal stories : a film 1995

Ilan Ziv, Daoud Kuttab, and Amit Breuer

Documentary chronicles the first year of the implementation of the Israeli-Palestinian accords as experienced by both Palestinians and Israelis. Three Palestinians and three Israelis were given video cameras to document their lives and the lives of their communities during this turbulent time. 1 videocassette (104 min.)

MEDIA 2-3783

Emigrants through time Emigrantes en el tiempo 2002

Cristián Leighton, Filmocentro Cine (Firm), Latin American Video Archives, and Televisión Nacional de Chile

Documents Chile's Jewish community of some 20,000 by presenting insight into the everyday life of three of its members. 1 videocassette (55 min.)

MEDIA 2-7246

Encountering others. 1, The Andalusian epic [videorecording] = A la recontre l'autre. l, l'épopée Andalouse 2001

Mahmoud Hussein, Philippe Calderon, Paul Barrett, José Monleón, Miguel Angel Ladero Quesada, and Rodrigo de Zayas

This program addresses the expansion of the Arab empire into Spain, where Muslims ruled with tolerance for more than seven centuries. The introduction and consolidation of Islamic power in Spain, the creation of the Umayyad emirate by the sole survivor of the Umayyad dynasty, the rise of Cordoba as a cultural rival of Abbasid Baghdad, and the gradual ebb of Arab rule on the Iberian Peninsula are all discussed. Special attention is given to the prosperous reign of Abdel Rahman III and the flowering of a Muslim culture that respectfully welcomed the contributions of Christians and Jews alike. 1 videocassette (27 min.)

MEDIA 2-5510

Esther Kahn 2002

Arnaud Desplechin, Emmanuel Bourdieu, Pascal Caucheteux, Chris Curling, Arthur Symons, Summer Phoenix, Ian Holm, Fabrice Desplechin, and Frances Barber

MEDIA 10-145

Euro-American issues in the U.S.A 1993

J. Q Adams, Tony Labriola, Dominic Candeloro, and David Roth

Discusses issues of concern to various ethnic European American groups, including Italian and Jewish. 1 videocassette (60 min.)

DANA 223

Europa Europa 1992, 1991

Artur Brauner, Agnieszka Holland, Julie Delpy, Shlomo Perel, Margaret Menegoz, Marco Hofschneider, and Hanns Zischler

The fascinating true story of Salomon Perel, A German-Jewish teenager who survived World War II by concealing his true identity by living as a Nazi for seven harrowing years through three countries. 1 videocassette (115 min.)

DANA. MEDIA 1301 2-2049

Excavating the Bible. Volume one, Deciphering the Dead Sea scrolls 1999

Sharon Shaveet, Bobby Lux, and Reuven D Miller

"This film attempts to solve the mystery surrounding what has been hailed as the most important find of the 20th century - the Dead Sea Scrolls. Found fifty years ago in Qumrum, the scrolls shed some light concerning our understanding of the Old Testament, but are a continuous source of intrigue and controversey regarding every other issue associated with them"--Container. 1 videocassette (ca. 55 min.)

DANA 1282

Excavating the Bible. Volume three, The ancient tunnels of Jerusalem ; The mysterious mosaic of the Galilees 1999

Sharon Shaveet, David C Lewis, and Reuven D Miller

"Travel underneath Jerusalem to subterranean tunnels that weave underground passageways below the Holy City. Follow in the footsteps of King David. A beautiful mosaic of a women's face is discovered at an archeological dig in an ancient city near Nazareth. Thought to be the house of Joachim and Anne, the parents of Mary , this archeological site with the intriguing mosaic lead to new questions concerning the life of early Christians, Jews and Pgaans in the Galilee.". 1 videocassette (ca. 55 min.)

DANA 1284

Excavating the Bible. Volume two, Marine archaeology ; Hazor, searching for Biblical proofs [videorecording] 1999

Sharon Shaveet, Bobby Lux, and Reuven D Miller

DANA 1283

Exodus 2002

Otto Preminger, Dalton Trumbo, Paul Newman , Eva Marie Saint, Ralph Richardson, and Leon Uris

The story of the birth of Israel as an independent state, based on the novel by Leon Uris. 1 videodisc (ca. 208 min.)

MEDIA 10-137

Jewish Studies (Continued)

Exodus 1947 c2004

Elizabeth Rodgers, Robby Henson, Morley Safer, Maryland Public Television, and Cicada Films

Tells the story of a ship that had been a luxury steamship called the President Warfield. It was used as a transport ship during World War II but shortly after the war it was renamed Exodus 1947 and was used to carry Jewish refugees from Europe to Palestine to help found Israel. This mass migration was orchestrated by the Jewish organization, Haganah. 1 videocassette (57 min.)

MEDIA 2-6751

The feast of Passover c2005

Jay Berkson, Sidney M Goldin, Leibele Waldman, Noyeoh Nokhbush, Mark Schweid, oVilner trupe, and National Center for Jewish Film

1 videodisc (15 min.)

MEDIA 10-1856

Field diary 1982

Amos Gitai

"In spite of difficulties posed by soldiers, officials, and other authorities who tried to stop him from filming, director Amos Gitai stubbornly forged ahead with this documentary on the Israeli occupied areas of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Life in these regions is shown in all its variety, from the Israeli soldiers who mainly support the occupation (one does suggest the land should be returned to the Palestinians), to the markets and towns bustling with activity, to the farmers at work. There is also an interview with a mayor who was permanently disabled in a bomb blast, and overall, an attempt was made to present a complete picture of both Palestinian and Israeli life in these disputed territories"--All Movie Guide. 1 videocassette (83 min.)

MEDIA 2-5405

Fires in the mirror Crown Heights, Brooklyn and other identities 1993

Anna Deavere Smith, Cherie Fortis, and George C Wolfe

Nineteen theatrical portraits, interspersed with news photos and footage, convey the characters and feelings of the people who experienced the racial conflicts between African-American and Jewish residents of Crown Heights in 1991. Based on verbatim excerpts from interviews. 1 videocassette (80 min.)

MEDIA DANA 2-2043 1816

For the living 1993

Edward Asner, Jeff Bieber, and Michael Olmert

Chronicles the creation, building and design of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. 1 videocassette (57 min.)

MEDIA DANA 2-4172 1020

Four women of Egypt 1997

Tahani Rached, Eric Michel, Safynaz Kazem, Wedad Mitry, Shahenda Maklad, and Amina Rachid

How do we get along with eachother when our views collide? These four Egyptian women have the same goals--human diginity and social justice--but each adopts an approach radically different from the others. Muslim, Christian, Jewish or non-religious, their visions of society range from wanting a secular or socialist state to an Islamic one. But these friends refuse to demonize one another or treat each other with disdain. Deeply committed, these women argue openly, without ever breaking the bond that unites them. 1 videocassette (90 min.)

MEDIA 2-3830

Frederick II the last emperor 1998

Christopher Frayling and Derek Towers

This program traces the life and times of Frederick II, and his attempts to consolidate imperial power in Italy at the expense of the papacy in the 13th century and the influences from Islamic and Jewish cultures. 1 videocassette (50 min.):

MEDIA 2-1688

The Garden of the Finzi-Continis 1987

Vittorio De Sica, Dominique Sanda, and Lino Capolicchio

The story of an aristocratic Jewish family living under increasing Fascist oppression in pre-World War II Italy. 1 videocassette (90 min.)

DANA. MEDIA 2-485 2-485

Genocide 1981

Martin Gilbert, Marvin Hier, Arnold Schwartzman, Elizabeth Taylor, and Orson Welles

"Genocide" combines historical narrative with actual stories of ordinary people caught up in the Nazis' reign of terror. Its purpose is to challenge and inspire so that never again will man stand by silently and allow such an atrocity to occur. 1 videocassette (83 min.)

MEDIA 2-1790

Genocide in the first half of the 20th century 2002

Robert J Emery, Manoug Manougian, Jack Sandler, Jon Voight, and David Mann

This program ... focuses on the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot, the 1923 Rosewood Massacre, Stalin's forced Ukrainian famine, the japanese Rape of Nanking, and the Holocaust. 1 videocassette (57 min.)

MEDIA 2-5849

Gentleman's agreement 1993, 1947

Moss Hart, Elia Kazan, Darryl Francis Zanuck, Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire, John Garfield, and Laura Keane Zametkin Hobson

A journalist assigned to write a series of articles on anti-semitism decides to pose as a Jew and finds out first-hand what it is like to be the victim of intolerance. 1 videocassette (118 min.)

MEDIA 2-3481

The golden age of Second Avenue 198-?

Bernardi Herschel, Molly Picon, Berta Gersten, Jacob Ben-Ami, Celia Adler, Jacob Kalich, Paul Muni, Menasha Skulni, Isaac Bashevis Singer, and Arthur Cantor

"A chronicle of Yiddish theatre in America, from its beginnings at the turn of the century through its various declines and rebirths, to its present place in the folklore of American-Jewish life."--Container. 1 videocassette (70 min.)

DANA 1180

The Golem Der Golem 1985

Henrik Galeen and Paul Hermann Wegener

Set in medieval Prague, the Rabbi gives life to the Golem who falls in love with the Rabbi's daughter and brings fear to the emperor's court. He is destroyed by an innocent child. Based on the legend of the Golem, a popular figure in Jewish tradition. 1 videocassette (94 min.)

MEDIA 2-145

Good evening Mr. Wallenberg 1994, 1990

Kjell Grede, Stellan Skarsgĺrd, Katharina Thalbach, Karoly Eperjes, and Katinka Farago

Raoul Wallenberg moved from Sweden to Budapest in late 1944 to help protect Jews from Adolph Eichmann's Sonderkommando. 1 videocassette (115 min.)

MEDIA 2-2446

Goodbye Columbus 1969

Richard Benjamin, Philip Roth, Stanley R Jaffe, Arnold Schulman, Larry Peerce, Jack Klugman, Nan Martin, and Ali MacGraw

A poor Bronx librarian falls in love with a pampered, Jewish debutante from Westchester. Their efforts to cross class lines amid parental opposition create an atmosphere for bittersweet comedy. 1 videocassette (105 min.)

MEDIA 2-2877

Hamsin Hot wind 1988

D Wachsman, J Lifshin, Shlomo Tarshish, Yassin Shawaf, Hemda Levy, and Ruth Geller

The problem of Arab-Jewish relations is portrayed in this study of a Jewish landowner and his Arab worker. Set in the Galilee, northern Israel, in 1982. 1 videocassette (90 min.)

MEDIA 2-5695

Havana Nagila the Jews In Cuba 1995

Evan Garelle, Laura Paull, and Isabel Alegría

This video documentary traces the history and presence of the Jewish community in Cuba. Through archival material and interviews this film explores the impact of the 1959 Revolution, what it has been like for the five percent of the original community that has lived through these three and a half decades under Castro, the phenomenon of the community's recent resurgence, and the international issues that affect its future. 1 videocassette (56 min.)

MEDIA 2-2731

Hester Street 199-?

Abraham Cahan, Joan Micklin Silver, Mel Howard, Carol Kane, Steven Keats, Raphael D Silver, and Dorrie Kavanaugh

Russian Jewish immigrants, Jake and Gitl, encounter trials and tribulations as they discard their old world traditions and adjust to life in America in 1896. 1 videocassette (89 min.)

MEDIA DANA 2-39 456

Hideg napo Cold days 1991

Tibor Cseres, András Kovács, Zoltán Latinovits, Iván Darvas, Tibor Szilágyi, and Adam Szirtes

Based on memories of four men awaiting trial for the 1943 massacre of several thousand Jews and Serbs at Novi Sad. 1 videocassette (102 min.)

MEDIA 2-5530

The Holocaust in memory of millions 1994

Walter Cronkite and Randy Goldman

From the halls of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Walter Cronkite chronicles the entire story of the Holocaust. 1 videocassette (ca. 90 min.) ;

DANA 1808

Homage to Chagall 1987

Marc Chagall, James Mason, Joseph Wiseman, and Harry Rasky

A celebration and sensitive portrait of the Russian painter Marc Chagall and his devotion to art, Jewish history, and love. Over 300 of Chagall's paintings, murals, and stained-glass windows are beautifully photographed in vivid color. 1 videocassette (90 min.)

DANA 313

The Imported bridegroom 1992

Pamela C Berger, Eugene Troobnick, Avi Hoffman, Greta Cowan, and Annette Miller

1 videocassette (93 min.)

MEDIA 2-2954

In her own time the final fieldwork of Barbara Myerhoff c2007

Lynne Littman, Vikram Jayanti, Barbara G Myerhoff, Center for Visual Anthropology, Embassy Television (Firm), Direct Cinema Ltd, and Act III Communications

MEDIA 10-950

In search of memory the neuroscientist Eric Kandel, winner of the Nobel Prize 2008

Petra Seeger, Eric R Kandel, FilmForm Keoln (Firm), Arte (Firm), eOsterreichischer Rundfunk, Westdeutscher Rundfunk, and Icarus Films

MEDIA 10-1837

Intimate stranger 1991

Alan Berliner

After the death of Joseph Cassuto, his grandson Alan Berliner created this film about his life. 1 videocassette (60 min.)

MEDIA 2-5957

Into the future 1984

Alan Rosenthal, Abba Solomon Eban, and WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)

Examines the birth of the State of Israel, the plight of Soviet Jewry, and those in other parts of the world and probes the meaning of Jewish identity today. 1 videocassette (58 min.)

MEDIA D-301

Introduction to the end of an argument Muqaddimah Li-Nihayat Jidal 1990

Jayce Salloum and Elia Suleiman

Combining news soundbytes, movie clips and documentary footage shot in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, the filmmakers critique Western-based representations of Arab culture. The artists cleverly mimic the Western media tableau in an exhilarating mix of fragmented stereotypes from mainstream movies to prime-time news. 1 videocassette (41 min.)

MEDIA 2-3078

The Jazz singer 1991, 1927

Al Jolson, May McAvoy, Warner Oland, Samson Raphaelson, William Demarest, Alan Crosland, and Alfred A Cohen

A melodramatic story of a Jewish cantor's son (Al Jolson) who aspires to be a jazz singer despite his father's objection and religious tradition. In motion picture history, this marks the first feature film to utilize synchronous sound. Jolson's songs include "Toot, toot, tootsie", "Blue skies", and "Mammy". 1 videocassette (89 min.)

MEDIA 2-2845

The Jewish Museum 1986

Robert Potts and Marjory Potts

Presents a sampling of the holdings of the Jewish Museum in New York. Tells about the Jewish studies programs and collections which reflect the 4,000-year history and traditions of the Jewish people. 1 videocassette (18 min.)

DANA 751

Jews in Medieval Spain two films on one video 1996, 1995

Beth Hatfutsoth

These two films examine the life of Jews in medieval Spain. The first follows the story of three families who were expelled from Spain in 1492 and emigrated to Portugal where they were forced to convert to Christianity and live as Marranos. The second illustrates what everyday family life was like for Jews as depicted in illuminated manuscripts of the period. 1 videocassette (21 min.)

DANA 754

Jud Süss 1985

Veit Harlan, Wolfgang Eberhard Moller, Ludwig Metzger, Ferdinand Marian, Werner Krauss, Heinrich George, Kristina Söderbaum, and Lion Feuchtwanger

Tells the story of the rise to power of the Jewish financial advisor of the Duke of Württeinberg. After the Duke's death, there is a revolt, whereupon he is tried and hanged, and all Jews subsequently leave the country. An antisemetic film used for justification of the Final solution of the Jews in Europe. 1 videocassette (98 min.)

MEDIA 2-2069

Justice and Jihad 2002

Dominique Lasseur, Catherine Tatge, and Bill D Moyers

Bill Moyers interviews journalists and scholars about the conflicts between Israelis and Palestinians. Their dialogue explores the religious and political roots of these chronic troubles and presents an outline of a viable future accord. 1 videodisc (58 min.)

DANA 14

Kaddish 198-?

Steve Brand and Yossi Klein

Presents a portrait of Yossi Klein, the son of a Holocaust survivor, who struggles to develop an outlook on life that will help him to cope with his father's victimization, his later death, and the uncertain future of the Jewish people. Focuses on his ability to affirm life despite his father's death camp experiences. 1 videocassette (90 min.) ;

MEDIA 2-1252

Kadosh Sacred 2000

Eliette Abécassis, Amos Gitai, Michael Propper, Yael Abecassis, Yoram Hattab, Sami Hori, and Meital Barda

MEDIA 10-89

Korczak 1993

Andrzej Wajda, Regina Ziegler, Daniel Morgenstern, Daniel Toscan Du Plantier, Agnieszka Holland, Wojciech Pszoniak, and Ewa Dalkowska

Tells the true story of Janusz Korczak, a renowned physician and author who ran a home for Jewish orphans in 1930's Warsaw. 1 videocassette (118 min.)

MEDIA 2-6122

Kovno ghetto a buried history 1997

Martin Gilbert, Herbert Krosney, and Panass Kessem

Prior to World War II, 35,000 Jews lived in Kovno, Lithuania but few escaped the Holocaust. Despite great suffering and personal risk they recorded their fate in thousands of photographes and documents. This documentary pieces together the harrowing stories of survival and loss through survivor interviews, photographes, and artifacts. 1 videocassette (ca. 100 min.)

DANA 1167

L'oeil de Vichy 1993

Claude Chabrol, Jean-Pierre Azéma, Robert O Paxton, and Brian Cox

A compilation of long forgotten film footage and newsreels, produced by the Nazis and French collaborators during World War II. From the small town of Vichy in Central France, Field Marshall Petain's puppet government worked with their Nazi overlords in creating pro-Nazi propaganda. They skillfully produced a strange alternative history of the war years in order to turn public emotion against the Allies and the Jews. 1 videocassette (110 min.)

DANA 1502

The last days 1999

Steven Spielberg, James Moll, Ken Lipper, and June Beallor

Traces the experiences of five Hungarian Holocaust survivors who fell victim to Hitler's brutal war against the Jews during the final days of World War II, and returned to their hometowns and ghettos and the concentration camps in which they were imprisoned. 1 videocassette (ca. 87 min.)

DANA 1807

Legado Legacy c2001

Vivian Imar, Marcelo Trotta, Fundacion Internacional Raoul Wallenberg, and Latin American Video Archives

In August 1889, the steamship Wesser docked in Argentina, carrying the country's first group of Jewish immigrants, who were fleeing the Tsarist regime in Russia. They bought agricultural land, built schools, synagogues, and became the "Jewish gauchos." The granddaughter of one of those immigrants describes the struggles of her ancestors in the new world. This documentary recounts the story of those pioneers, based on interviews with the oldest members of today's Jewish community. 1 videocassette (72 min.)

MEDIA 2-7224 2-7225

Leon Senders's war 199-?

Leon Senders, Edith U Fierst, and J. Phillip Dixon

The film shows Leon Senders addressing an adult group at the Washington Hebrew Congregation. Born Lazar Sendarovich in Vilna Lithuania, then a part of Poland, he fled to the forests following the Nazi invasion. His family stayed behind and died in Polnar. He was trained in guerrilla warfare in Moscow and spent the war as a partisan radio operator, often miles behind enemy lines, including several months in Konigsberg. 1 videocassette (23 min.)

MEDIA 2-1816

Liberators fighting on two fronts in World War II 1992

Denzel Washington, Louis Gossett, William Miles, Nina Rosenblum, and Daniel V Allentuck

The experiences of African-American soldiers during World War II reflected the racial climate of 1940s America, a society marked by strict segregation and frequent acts of violence. Black combat battalions existed but were only used toward the end of the war, when manpower grew short in Europe. 1 videocassette (90 min.)

DANA. MEDIA 280 2-2106

A life apart Hasidism in America 1997

Menachem Daum, Oren Rudavsky, Robert Seidman, Leonard Nimoy, and Sarah Jessica Parker

A life apart relates the story of the creation of the Hasidic post-Holocaust communities in the United States. 1 videocassette (95 minutes)

DANA. MEDIA 1191 2-3245

The longing the forgotten Jews of South America 2007

Gabriela Böhm, Filmakers Library, inc, and Böhm Productions

MEDIA 10-1137

Lost tribes of Israel 2000

Tudor Parfitt, Chris Hale, David Espar, and Liev Schreiber

South Africa's Lemba people claim to be descendants of Jews and one of the lost tribes of Israel. In this program, anthropologist Tudor Parfitt investigates the Lemba's claim through genetic testing and attempts to retrace their migration. 1 videocassette (60 min.)

MEDIA 2-5802

Louis Farahkan Thursday, April 5, 1984 1990

Ted Koppel

Ted Koppel interviews black militant leader, Louis Farrakhan, over the latter's alleged negative remarks concerning a black journalist's sanctions against presidential nominee, Jesse Jackson's use of the term "hymie" to depict the Jewish populace. 1 videocassette (30 min.)

MEDIA 2-2004

Mamadrama the Jewish mother in cinema 2001

Monique Schwarz

"A unique exploration of the maligned mother figure in Jewish twentieth century culture"--Container. 1 videocassette (52 min.)

MEDIA 2-5615

Marion Wolff a young girl in Hitler's Berlin 1989

Marion Freyer Wolff, Melanie Guste, and Angela Marney

Following an introduction describing the stages and causes of the Holocaust, Marion Wolff addresses a class at Langley High School. She describes the increasing restrictions against the Jews of Berlin from 1933 to 1938, when she was a school child, the indifference of the world during the Evian Conference, the horror of Kristallnacht, and the growing number of arrests, disappearances and murders after Kristallnacht. 1 videocassette (35 min.)

MEDIA 2-1815

Master smart woman a portrait of Sarah Orne Jewett 1984

Jane Morrison, C. L Keyworth, Frances Sternhagen, and Mary Stuart

Portrait of 19th century writer Sarah Orne Jewett. A re-evaluation of her contribution to American literature and as a role model and mentor to a new generation of women writers. 1 videocassette (29 min)

MEDIA 2-5112

The Merchant of Venice 1980

Jack Gold, Warren Mitchell, Gemma Jones, William Shakespeare, and John Franklyn-Robbins

A blend of tragic and comic material, this is one of Shakespeare's most ambiguous plays. The crux of the ambiguity lies in the character of the Jewish moneylender, Shylock. The play's central theme is really the conflict between the world of legislation and the world of mercy. The play has wonderful, contradictory ambiguities. 3 videocassttes (157 min.)

MEDIA. MEDIA. MEDIA. MEDIA. MEDIA. MEDIA. MEDIA. MEDIA. MEDIA 2-1029 cassette 1 2-1029 cassette 1 2-1029 cassette 1 2-1030 cassette 2 2-1030 cassette 2 2-1030 cassette 2 2-1031 cassette 3 2-1031 cassette 3 2-1031 cassette 3

The Merchant of Venice 1993

William Shakespeare, Laurence Olivier, Joan Plowright, Jeremy Brett, Michael Jayston, John Sichel, Anthony Nicholls, Peter Rodin, and Jonathan Miller

A television version of Jonathan Miller's London stage production of The Merchant of Venice. The play is set in the Venice of 1860. Laurence Olivier stars in Shakespeare's story of the young Venetian and the Jew who lends him money on the security of one pound of flesh. 1 videocassette (131 min.)

DANA. MEDIA 1236 2-2159

The Merlin family 1982

Paul Kresh, Milton Meltzer, and Eli Wallach

The story of American Jews is told through an overview of their history, a survey of the development of Jewish American communities in the United States through a century of change, and the experiences of several generations of the Merlin family. 1 filmstrip ([133] fr.)

DANA 103

Miriam's daughters celebrate 1986

Lilly Rivlin

Discusses the changing roles of Jewish women and their demand for equal rights and participation in Jewish rituals and ceremonies. 1 videocassette (24 min.)

MEDIA 2-5154

Jewish Studies (Continued)

My land Zion a film 2004

Yulie Cohen Gerstel, Moti Golani, Cohen Gerstel Productions (Firm), First Hand Films (Firm), New Danes Production, Women Make Movies (Firm), and British Broadcasting Corporation

MEDIA 10-973

My Michael 1987

Alfred Plaine, Dan Wolman, Oded Kotler, Efrat Lavie, and Amos Oz

Two young adults marry in divided 1950's Jerusalem. Michael is content in his marriage, but Hanna finds herself unfulfilled by the bourgeois life she is leading. 1 videocassette (95 min.)

MEDIA 2-5564

Nazis...lest we forget! 1983

Two films about Nazi Germany and the Nuremberg trials of accused Nazi war criminals. Nuremberg and its lesson deals with the November 21, 1945 trial of accused Nazi war criminals at the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg, Germany. The authentic footage in this film documents the trial and graphically illustrates atrocities perpetrated against the people of Europe, particularly the Jews. Narrated in English. In a Nazi newsreel, Nazi Luftwaffe (air force) pilots demonstrate bombing techniques. 1 videocassette (35 min.)

MEDIA 2-1564

Nesse Godin remembers 199-?

Nesse Godin

Nesse Godin describes how World War II came to her home town of Shaulai, Lithuania, and her experiences in forced labor and concentration camps. 1 videocassette (ca. 32 min)

MEDIA 2-1818

Never again? genocide since the Holocaust 2002

Robert J Emery, Manoug Manougian, Jack Sandler, Jon Voight, and David Mann

"After the atrocities of World War II, the cry of conscience was 'Never again!' As this program demonstrates, that bitterly learned injunction went unheeded throughout much of the world."--Container. 1 videocassette (57 min.)

MEDIA 2-5848

Next stop, Greenwich Village 1992, 1976

Paul Mazursky, Tony Ray, Lenny Baker, Shelley Winters, Ellen Greene, and Christopher Walken

Set in the 50's, this is the story of a young man's struggle for independence. Larry Lapinsky leaves his home in Brooklyn for the freedom and excitement of Greenwich Village. There he starts his acting career, falls in with a group of free spirits and learns to cope with his overbearing mother. 1 videocassette (109 min.)

MEDIA 2-1958

Nobody's business 1996

Alan Berliner and Oscar A Berliner

Oscar A. Berliner, father of director Alan Berliner, is the reluctant subject of this study of family history and memory. 1 videocassette (60 min.)

MEDIA 2-5958

Novia que te vea 1992

Guita Schyfter, Rosa Nissán, Claudette Maille, Angélica Aragón, and Ernesto Laguardia

Two young Jewish women growing up amid the social turmoil of 1960s Mexico follow their separate paths toward marriage in defiance of tradition and their families' expectations. 1 videocassette (ca.115 min.)

MEDIA 2-5667

Nuit et brouillard Night and fog 1990?

Henri Cartier-Bresson, Edouard Muszka, Alain Resnais, Henri Michel, and Olga Wormser-Migot

Nuit et brouillard based on the book Tragédie de la déportation by Olga Wormser and Henri Michel; documentary showing inside Hitler's concentration camps. Le retour: an understated account of the liberation of French prisoners from Nazi concentration camps. Shows the removal of the prisoners to temporary hospitals and pictures joyful reunions with families and friends in Paris. 1 videocassette (65 min.)

MEDIA MEDIA DANA 2-6111 2-165 460

Number our days 1978?

Lynne Littman, Barbara G Myerhoff, and Barbara G Myerhoff

Uses interviews conducted by anthropologist Barbara G. Myerhoff to document the lives of Jewish senior citizens who make the Israel Levin Senior Adult Center in Venice, Calif., the focal point of their existence. Intersperses the interviews with views of the center's activities, which serve to bring the spirited citizens together in a common bond of unity. 1 videocassette (30 min.)

MEDIA D-323

One of us 1999

Susan Korda, One of Us Productions, and Filmakers Library, inc

"The filmmaker comes from a troubled Viennese Jewish family which was dislocated by the Nazis. While in Berlin to make a documentary on what was called 'the new German identity', she becomes obsessed with Germany's cruelty"--Container. 1 videocassette (48 min.)

MEDIA 2-6415

One out of ten 1998

Agnes Vertes and Todd Feuer

People who survived Nazi concentration camps as children discuss their experiences. 1 videocassette (42 min.)

DANA 1297

Ostatni etap 1998

Wanda Jakubowska, Gerda Schneider, Wanda Bartówna, Huguette Faget, Tatjana Górecka, Antonia Górecka, Maria Winogradowa, and Barbara Drapi nska

Daily life (and death) of the women prisoners at Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II, based on actual events experienced by Wanda Jakubowska, the film's director. 1 videocassette (110 min.)

MEDIA 2-5215

Our time in the garden 199-?

Ron Blau, Susan Woll, and Gerda Blau

"Follows the true life story of a young Jewish woman growing up in Berlin whose secure homelife is disrupted by Hitler's rise to powe and her family's subsequent decision to leave Germany. This story is told through the use of home movies, special effects photography, and sound tracks."--All-Movie Guide (http:/allmovie.com/cgi-win/avg.exe). 1 videocassette (15 min.)

MEDIA 2-3200

Partisans of Vilna 1986

Josh Waletzky

Feature-length documentary film that explores Jewish resistance during World War II. Recounts the untold tale of the moral dilemmas facing the Jewish youth who organized an underground resistance in the Vilna ghetto, and fought as partisans in the woods against the Nazis. 1 videocassette (130 min.)

MEDIA 2-846

People's gala concert 1992

Semen Davidovich Aranovich and Pavel Finn

Documentary exploring the forbidden subject of anti-Semitism during the final years of Stalin's bloody regime. 1 videocassette (143 min.)

DANA 461

Perils of indifference lessons learned from a violent century 1999

Elie Wiesel, Bill Clinton, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Mark Ganguzza, and Andrea Davis

Elie Wiesel speaks on violence in the 20th century and the peril of societal indifference, relating the ethnic violence in the past, today and in the future. 1 videocassette (113 min.)

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Playing for time 1984

Daniel Mann and Arthur Miller

Inside the Auschwitz concentration camp during World War Two, members of a bizarre prison orchestra struggle against all odds to spare themselves from death. In the process of performing music for their Nazi captors, they reaffirm the indomitable human spirit and the willingness to survive. 1 videocassette (VHS) (148 min.)

MEDIA 2-227

Ports of destiny 1998

Mitzi Goldman

"The documentary, Ports of Destiny,tells of one Jewish family's dispersal throughout the world to escape the Holocaust. It captures the emotional reunion of 76 year old Bernard Goldman with long lost family members who had fled Germany to Buenos Aires while he had escaped to Sydney. The film lends a new dimension to the Diaspora, as well as the significance of family"--Container. 1 videocassette (52 min.)

MEDIA 2-5574

Postville when cultures collide 2001

Nikki Tundel

Tells the story of how a small Iowa town is dealing with multiculturalism. Explores the struggles and rewards of the social and economic changes. 1 videocassette (60 min.)

MEDIA 2-6162

Present memory 1993?

Richard Broadman and Will LeBow

Documentary presents the participants' viewpoints on what it's like to be Jewish in America. This program reflects the positions of a wide variety of people. Immigrants or native born, young or old, assimilated or alienated, ordinary or famous, establishment types or iconoclasts--they all have a personal view of how their religion defines them. Includes archival film footage, and a background on what it was like to be Jewish in WWII Europe. 1 videocassette (87 min.)

DANA 832

Purity breaking the codes of silence : breaking the code of silence 2002

Anat Zuria, Amit Breuer, Women Make Movies (Firm), Keren ha-hadashah le-kolno`a ule-televizyah, and Amythos Films

Israeli filmmaker Anat Zuria examines the Tharat Hamishpaha, or Taharat HaMishpacha (family purity), religious laws that are often seen as imposed by men to shape women's lives and sexuality. The filmaker and her friends discuss their own struggles with observance and adaptation of traditional practices to their changing lives, exploring the meaning of purity to modern women. 1 videocassette (63 min.)

MEDIA 2-6936

The quarrel 1996, 1990

Eli Cohen, David Brandes, Kim Todd, Chaim Grade, Joseph Telushkin, Saul Rubinek , and R. H Thompson

Two Holocaust survivers meet in Montreal in 1948. One has become deeply religious, the other has turned his back on God. Now they have one afternoon to reconcile their differences, and renew their faith and friendship. 1 videocassette (90 min.)

MEDIA 2-3083

The race for mayor 1983

Howard Gladstone and James Ylisela

Chicagos 1983 mayoral campaign sparked nationwide interest in the growth of black political awareness. The stunning victory of Harold Washington, a black U.S. congressman over Chicagos Democratic "machine" heightened the expectations of blacks all over the country. This independent documentary--with Mayor Washington, Jesse Jackson, former mayor Jane Byrne, Richard Daley, and Democratic political boss Edward Vrdolyak--shot in churches, city streets, empty lots, Polish restaurants, political offices and Operation PUSH offices paints a complex picture of the fusing of a new political coalition, and places it in the context of the historic evolution of successive waves of ethnic groups who seek to wrest control from earlier entrenched minorities. 1 videocassette (29 min.)

MEDIA 2-3669

Racism 1996, 1995

Rebecca Simor, David Frost, and Richard Wells

One of a 26-part series that offers a comprehensive look at the many facets of the twentieth century, including rare archival footage and interviews with participants in major events. This segment looks at race relations during the century. The 1900s witnessed a remarkable period in race relations: on one hand, great strides were made in bringing equal rights to people around the globe; conversely, the century also witnessed the most barbaric crimes ever committed against humanity. 1 videocassette (49 min.)

MEDIA 2-3426

The Return of Sarah's daughters 1997

Marcia Jarmel, Myriam Klotz, Rus Burdman, and Patch Works

Three Jewish women, Myriam Klotz, Rus Burdman, and Marcia Jarmel, discuss their relationship to Judaism. 1 videocassette (56 min.)

MEDIA 2-6414

Roads from the ghetto 1984

Eugene Marner, John G Fox, Abba Solomon Eban, WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), and Educational Broadcasting Corporation

Discusses the complexity of Jewish life forced by the end of the closed ghetto societies between 1789 and 1917. Spans the era between the Industrial Revolution and the Belfour declaration. 1 videocassette (59 min.)

MEDIA D-176

Roosevelt, New Jersey 1983

Richard Kroehling and Laura Nathanson

Explores the history of a unique community, created in 1936 under the name Jersey Homesteads with funds from the U.S. Resettlement Administration. In this radical social and economic experiment, 120 families of Jewish garment workers moved from New York City to settle in the cooperative, which included a coat factory, and a consumer outlet. Includes archival footage and interviews with the original cooperators and their children. 1 videocassette (52 min.)

MEDIA D-357

Schindler's list 1994

Steven Spielberg, Steven Zaillian, Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes, John Williams, and Thomas Keneally

The true story of the enigmatic Oskar Schindler, a member of the Nazi party, womanizer & war profiteer, who saved the lives of more than 1,100 Jews during the Holocaust. 2 videocassettes (197 min.)

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Searching for Wallenberg 2002

Robert Kimmel and Bernard Hammelburg

Documentary about the Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, who in 1944 saved tens of thousands of Jews from the Holocaust, working from his diplomatic position in Budapest. The film also investigates the mystery surrounding his fate after his arrest and imprisonment by the Soviet Union in 1945. 1 videocassette (58 min.)

MEDIA 2-6145

Sepharad 1993

Tzipora H Jochsberger, Asher Tlalim, and Martin Bookspan

Over 500 years have passed since the expulsion of the Jews from Spain. Despite having been scattered to the far corners of the globe, Sephardic Jews have preserved their rich musical heritage. This unusual film enables the viewer to hear and learn about the rich tradition and beautiful music of the Romanceros (Ladino love songs), as well as lullabies, wedding tunes, songs of mourning and melodies from the synagogue. 1 videocassette (27 min.)

MUSIC 404

Shoah a film 1986

Claude Lanzmann

Shoah is the Hebrew word for Annihilation. Lanzmann's monumental epic of the Nazi inflicted Holocaust, 1933-1945. Comprises oral recounting of the event by people involved in it and those effected by it. 5 videocassettes (VHS) (570 min.)

DANA. DANA. DANA. DANA. DANA. MEDIA. MEDIA. MEDIA. MEDIA. MEDIA 51 cassette 1 51 cassette 2 51 cassette 3 51 cassette 4 51 cassette 5 2-236 cassette 1 2-237 cassette 2 2-238 cassette 3 2-239 cassette 4 2-240 cassette 5

The Shop on Main Street Obchod na korze 1965

Ladislav Grosman, Jozef Króner, Ida Kaminska, Hana Slivková, Frantisek Zvarík, Jan Kadar, and Elmar Klos

In 1942, Tono and his wife are struggling because of his antipathy towards the fascist regime. His brother-in-law, the local fuehrer, chooses Tono to oversee a button shop owned by a sweet, harmless Jewish widow, Mrs. Lautman. When the Jews are ordered deported, the well-meaning Tono decides to shield her from the Nazis. 1 videocassette (128 min.)

DANA MEDIA 277 2-865

Shvil Hahalav The Milky Way 1999

Ali Nassar, Galeb Shaath, Suel Haddad, Muhammad Bakri, Makram Khouri, Yousif Abu Warda, Mahmoud Abu Jazi, and Salim Dau

A Richly compassionate chronicle of life in an Israeli occupied Arab village which is fiercely ruled by the Mukhtar, who fundamentally serves the interests of the Israeli military governor, instead of those of his own people. These are tough times for the villagers--some are bitter and spiteful--while others are weary of the power struggles. The narrative centers around such incidents as the military commander's discovery that one of the villagers is issuing work permits, and the killing of the Mukhtar's son. 1 videocassette (104 min.)

MEDIA 2-5548

Sofie 1994

Liv Ullmann, Erland Josephson, Karen-Lise Mynster, Ghita Nřrby, and Lars Kolvig

Sofie is the only daughter of a late 19th century Jewish family in Denmark who finds herself bound to traditions that clash with the temptations of her heart. 1 videocassette (ca. 145 min.)

MEDIA 2-2656

Sunshine 2001

István Szabó, Israel Horovitz, Robert Lantos, András Hámori, Ralph Fiennes, Rosemary Harris, Rachel Weisz, Jennifer Ehle, Deborah Kara Unger, and William Hurt

A compelling epic about generations of a Hungarian Jewish family caught up in the upheavals and false hopes of a war-swept 20th century. 1 videodisc (180 min.)

MEDIA 10-85

Survivors of the Holocaust 1996, 1995

Steven Spielberg, Allan Holzman, June Beallor, James Moll, and Ben Kingsley

Chronicles the events of the Holocaust as witnessed by those who survived. The program weaves together archival footage and an original music score with survivors' personal testimonies and photographs, chronicling life in pre-war Europe, the devastating impact of Nazism, the liberation of the concentration camps and life fifty years later. Contains an additional segment, hosted by Ben Kingsley, which takes the viewer behind the scenes at Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation. Included is footage of Steven Spielberg himself, discussing and describing this, his most ambitious project ever. 1 videocassette (70 min.)

DANA 1138

Terezin diary 1989

Dan Weissman, Zuzana Justman, James Edward Young, and Eli Wallach

The Nazis used Terezín as a "model" concentration camp for propaganda purposes. In reality, Terezín was a way station to the extermination camps, and the prisoners faced overcrowding and disease. 1 videocassette (ca. 88 min.)

DANA 1186

They came for good a history of Jews in the United States c2001

Amram Nowak, Manya Starr, Amram Nowak Associates, and Shanachie Entertainment Corp

Chronicles the first major split in the practice of Judaism where conservative and reform movements vied for Jewish souls, while on the battlefields of the Civil War, Jews were profoundly divided along regional lines and took up arms on both sides. 1 videocassette (ca. 60 min.)

MEDIA 2-6281

Trembling before G-d Le-fanekha bi-re`adah c2003

Marc Smolowitz, Sandi Simcha Dubowski, Steven Greenberg, Simcha Leib Productions, Turbulent Arts (Firm), Keshet Broadcasting, Pretty Pictures (Firm), Cinephil, Ltd, and New Yorker Video (Firm)

MEDIA 10-441

Treyf a film 1998

Alisa Lebow and Cynthia Madansky

"Documentary filmmakers Alisa Lebow and Cynthia Madansky explore issues of both faith and gender in this inside look at a community of Jewish lesbians, as well as examining their own personal relationship and how it interacts with their spiritual beliefs as Jews. The title comes from a Yiddish word which means 'not kosher.'" --All Movie Guide. 1 videocassette (54 min.)

MEDIA 2-5118

The trial of Adolf Eichmann 1997

Daniel B Polin, Kenneth Mandel, and David Brinkley

Presents a complete account of the trial of Adolph Eichmann. Shows a detailed exposition of the events leading to the Holocaust as well as the tragedy of a man who thought obedience to an order exonerated him from responsibility for unbelievable crimes. 2 videocassettes (116 min.)

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Triumph of memory 1988

Robert Gardner and Arnost Lustig

Four survivors of Nazi concentration camps describe their experiences and the horrors of camp life. Interviews are interspersed with extensive archival footage. 1 videocassette (29 min.)

MEDIA 2-4227

Un Mur ŕ Jérusalem A Wall in Jerusalem 1989

Frédéric Rossif and Richard Burton

Documentary about the growth of Israel into today's Jewish homeland explores more than seventy years of struggle for religious freedom. Begins with the 1894 Dreyfus Affair, and then looks at Theodor Herzl, founder of modern Zionism; the earliest immigration and settlements; the formation of kibbutzim; the Balfour Declaration; the rise of European anti-Semitism; the British occupation of Palestine; Arab confrontations; the U.N. resolution; the Exodus incident; and the Six-Day War. 1 videocassette (91 min.)

MEDIA 2-2749

Voices of the children 1996

Zuzana Justman, Jirí Jezek, and Robert Kantor

Interviews with three survivors of the Theresienstadt concentration camp, Helga Hoskova, Michael Kraus and Helga Kinsky, who kept diaries of their experiences. These diaries were either hidden or taken from them after the three were deported to Auschwitz. After the liberation, the diaries were recovered or rewritten from memory. 1 videocassette (80 min.)

MEDIA 2-3195

The Wannasee conference 1987

Paul Mommertz and Heinz Schirk

Depicts the conference at Wannsee in Berlin January 2, 1942, attendedby Nazi leader to determine the fate of the Jewish people. 1 videocassette (90 min.)

MEDIA 2-565

Warsaw ghetto 1996

Alexander Bernfes and Hugh Burnett

History of the Warsaw ghetto, originally produced as a BBC documentary. Shows Jews entering the Warsaw ghetto in November 1940 and reveals the horrors of disease and hunger, deportation to the death camps, and the dying in the streets. 1 videocassette (ca. 60 min.)

DANA 1491

The way home 1998

Shakti Butler

Women representing a cross-section of cultures in America share their experiences of oppression through the lens of race. Women are separated into eight ethnic councils (Indigenous, African-American, Arab, Asian, European-American, Jewish, Latina and Multi-Racial). 1 videocassette (92 min.):

MEDIA 2-3873

We were so beloved distributor 1985

Manfred Kircheimer

This documentary examines the experiences of German-Jewish refugees who fled their country in the 1930's and settled in New York City's Washington Heights. Having assimilated in Germany, they found themselves living exclusively among Jews for the first time. In frank conversation they discuss the trauma of leaving their homeland, the difficulty of adapting to life in the U.S., the relief and remorse of being saved and the moral and emotional implications of their survival. 1 videocassette (145 min.)

DANA 1166

Die Weisse Rose White Rose 1983

Michael Verhoeven, Mario Krebs, Lena Stolze, Wulf Kessler, Martin Benrath, Oliver Siebart, and Inge Scholl

The story of a secret society of students and their professor who printed and distributed anti-Nazi leaflets to urge German citizens to sabotage the war efforts. 1 videocassette (123 min.)

MEDIA 2-5971

Who were the Israelites? 1993

Mimi Edmunds, Georgann Kane, and John Rhys-Davies

Today's archeologists are challenging the books of the Old Testament as historical documents. This program looks at the events depicted in the Book of Joshua, particularly the conquest of the Promised Land by the Israelites. 1 videocassette (23 min.)

MEDIA 2-2676

Jewish Studies (Continued)

Wien retour Return to Vienna 1999?

W. D Heinstrasse, Ruth Beckermann, and Josef Aicholzer

"In 1924, fourteen year old Franz Weintraub and his parents moved from Magdeburg, Germany to Vienna, Austria. Joining some 60,000 other Jews who had migrated from eastern areas of the defeated Hapsburg Empire, Weintraub's family settled in the Viennese Jewish community of Leopoldstadt, the so-called 'Matzo Island.' In this illuminating documentary, Weintraub recalls his experiences as a young Jew in inter-war Austria from 1924 to 1934. A journalist and gifted storyteller, Weintraub reconstructs everyday life in Jewish Leopoldstadt and in a Social Democratic milieu. Recalling in vivid detail his encounters with anti-semitism, his involvement with the Labor movement and his membership in the Communist Party, Weintraub's oral history provides keen insight into a community and era soon transformed by World War II"--Distributor's website. 1 videocassette (95 min.)

MEDIA 2-3201

Wooden gun 1987

Eric Rosen, Judith Sole, Leo Young, Ophelia Strahl, Ilan Moshenson, Eitan Even, Richard Sanders, and John Hardy

Set in Tel Aviv during the 1950's, this film focuses on two rival youth groups whose behavior and motivation raises questions regarding first generation sabras (native-born Israelis). 1 videocassette (91 min.)

MEDIA 2-5565

Yaacov Ben-Dov father of Hebrew cinema 1993

Hillel Tryster, Yaacov Gross, and Yaacov Ben-Dov

1 videocassette (30 min.)

MEDIA 2-2750

Yentl 1983

Isaac Bashevis Singer and Barbra Streisand

Yentl is the daughter of a kindly scholar, a man able to instill in his daughter a love of learning as deep as his own. In turn of the centuryEastern Europe, however, women are denied higher education. Yentl disguises herself as a young man in order to gain entrance to a Yeshiva, an orthodox Jewish school. 1 videocassette (134 min.)

MEDIA 2-56

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