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bullets + three [videorecording] / [presented by]
Home Pictures Ltd. New York, NY . 1995. 1 videocassette
(61 min.) : sd., col ; 1/2 in. The November 4, 1995
assassination of Israel Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin
riveted the world's attention on the conflict between
Israel's religious and secular Jews over the essence
of Zionism and the future of Israel's cultural and
political identity. Will the nation be torn apart
by zealots? Two film makers journey from Tel Aviv
to Hebron, where the model of a second Israel already
exists, interviewing Jews, some of them fanatic
religious idealists, concerning the incendiary issues
that will determine the future of Israel...and the
Middle East. VHS 2806
34
years after Hitler [videorecording] / CBS News.
New York . 1979. 1 videocassette (19 min.) :
sd., col. ; 1/2 in. A report about the ways the
Hitler legacy lives on in Germany and is supported
through an American operation in Lincoln, Neb. Tells
of neo-Nazi groups in Germany today that have been
known to destroy Jewish cemeteries, paint swastikas
on the street, and distribute anti-Semitic prograganda.
VHS 269
Acts
of faith [videorecording] / produced by Israel Film
Service in cooperation with the Central Office of
Information, Israel. Jewish civilization in Spain.
Princeton, N.J. c1992. 1 videocassette (50
min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. Tells the history of
the Jews in Spain; describes the plight of some
200,000 Jews who suffered expulsion from Spain in
1493, rather than submitting to forced conversion
to Christianity; also describes the influence of
those who converted and remained in Spain on Spanish
civilization. VHS 3893
Al
Nakba [videorecording] : the Palestinian catastrophe,
1948 / a Benny Brunner Production in cooperation
with ARTE. Falls Church, Va. : Landmark Films,
Inc. , 1997. 1 videocassette (56 min) : sd., col.
; 1/2 in. Looks at the events surrounding the creation
of the Palestinian refugee problem. Tells how and
why 750,000 Palestinian Arabs became refugees by
the end of the first Arab-Israeli war of 1948. Includes
interviews with Palestinians and Israelis. VHS 5507
Almonds
and raisins [videorecording] : a history of the
Yiddish cinema / a Russ Karel film ; directed by
Russ Karel ; written and produced by Russ Karel
and David Elstein ; based on a treatment by Wolf
Mankowitz. Teaneck, N.J. c1988. 1 videocassette
(90 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in. A documentary
on the Yiddish cinema in America, primarily in New
York City from 1927 to the 1940's. Has contemporary
footage of New York City and Eastern European village
life. Includes interviews with those who have participated
in the Yiddish cinema. Features extensive excerpts
from Yiddish films (most subtitled in English) including
"The Cantor's Son," "Overture to Glory" with Moishe
Oysher, "Yidl Mitn Fidl" with Molly Picon and "Tevye"
with Maurice Schwartz. VHS 2352
America
and the Holocaust [videorecording] : deceit and
indifference / a Fine Cut Productions, Inc. film
; WGBH Boston ; written and produced [and directed]
by Martin Ostrow. [Alexandria, Va.] . c1994.
1 videocassette (87 min.) : sd., col. with b&w
sequences ; 1/2 in. + 1 discussion guide (1 sheet).
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. VHS 2665
The
American Jewish experience [videorecording] / produced
by WNET Television ; produced and directed by Marc
Siegel, Morton Silverstein. [Washington, DC
: The American University Library Non-print Media
Dept.], 1984. Heritage-- civilization and the Jews
; pt. 7. 1 videocassette (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col.
with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in. Combines modern
and archival film footage and photographs to portray
the Jewish experience in the United States from
1654 to 1932. VHS 3397
Anne
Frank remembered [videorecording] / a John Blair
Film Co. ; Sony Picture Classics ; BBC ; The Disney
Channel. Culver City, CA . c1996. 1 videocassette
(ca. 117 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. The video features
vintage newsreels, photographs and even rarer home
movies to look beyond the celebrated pages of Anne's
diary. Includes interviews with her friends, family
and protector, Miep Gies. VHS 4287
Arab
and Jew [videorecording] : wounded spirits in a
promised land / a production of Gardner Films, Inc.
with WETA, Washington, D.C. [S.l. 1989. 1 videocassette
(120 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. Explores the roots
of tensions between Arabs and Jews in Israel, the
West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Exposes prejudices,
as well as images and stereotypes held by the two
groups. VHS 619
The
Battle for peace [videorecording] : Shimon Peres
/ Julie Gal ; a Galex Foundation production. New
York, N.Y. 1996. 1 videocassette (57 min.)
: sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in. Traces
Israel's secret road to peace with the PLO and highlights
Shimon Peres' life and his role in the peace process.
Examines Peres' challenge to unite a divided Israel,
split on the issue of peace and security. VHS 5375
The
Bielski brothers [videorecording] : the unknown
partisans / SOMA Productions ; directed by Arun
Kumar ; written and produced by David Herman. Princeton,
NJ . c1996. 1 videocassette (53 min.) : sd,
col. and b&w ; 1/2 in. The two surviving Bielski
brothers explain how they commanded the largest
Jewish partisan group in occupied Europe during
World War II. Survivors relate experiences and stories
from this 1,500 member underground resistance group
based in Byelorussia forest. VHS 3911
Blacks
& Jews [videorecording] / Snitow-Kaufman Productions
; producers, Bari Scott, Deborah Kaufman and Alan
Snitow. San Francisco, Calif. c1997. 1 videocassette
(85 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2
in. + film study guide (25 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.).
Early in the 20th century black and Jewish Americans
joined forces against bigotry and for civil rights
but in the late 1960s, 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. VHS 4681
Call
and promise [videorecording] / produced by Public
Affairs Television, Inc. [and] WNET New York.
Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities, c1996.
Genesis, a living conversation. 1 videocassette
(60 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. Examines the story
in which God makes his covenant with Abraham. Explores
what it means to be "called" by God, what it feels
like to be in exile looking for a homeland, and
how the covenant led to the founding of Judaism,
Christianity, and Islam. VHS 4745
Chava
Alberstein in song [videorecording]. Teaneck,
N.J. : Ergo Media Inc., 1992. 1 videocassette (36
min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. Music video in which
Chava Alberstein presents a mixture of her songs.
She sings songs of love, songs of yearning, a lullaby
and even an homage to Edith Piaf. VHS 6392
Chicken
soup [videorecording] / producer, Harry Hamburg.
Teaneck, NJ : Ergo Media, Inc., 1996. 1 videocassette
(14 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in. A humorous, nostalgic
demonstration by Willie and Anna Schecter, an immigrant
couple, of how to make chicken soup, kosher style.
VHS 5360
Children
must laugh [videorecording] / produced by Medem
Sanitarium in Poland ; under the supervision of
S. G. Gilinski, S. Mendelson, Ch. S. Kazdan. Waltham,
Mass. 1993. 1 videocassette (94 min.) : sd.,
b&w ; 1/2 in. One of the few surviving documentaries
depicting pre-war Jewish life in Poland. Life at
the Jewish Labor Bund's Medem Sanatorium, a model
residential children's institution, is contrasted
with the overcrowded Warsaw Ghetto. The Medem Sanatorium,
a symbol of health and enlightenment, existed from
1926 through August 1942 when the Nazis transported
its residents to Treblinka where most perished.
VHS 4570
Classic
recipes for Jewish cooking [videorecording] / a
national production of Maryland Public Television,
Frappè , Inc. and Joan Nathan. New York City
. 1999. 1 videocassette (120 min.) : sd., col.
; 1/2 in. Joan Nathan works alongside wonderful
home cooks to reveal age-enduring classic recipes
tailored for today's tastes. Includes recipes for:
challah, gefilte fish, chicken soup with matzoh
balls, brisket, potato latkes and chocolate cheesecake.
VHS 5840
The
Cross and the star [videorecording] : Jews, Christians,
and the Holocaust / Etoile Productions. New York,
N.Y. c1992. 1 videocassette (53 min.) : sd.,
col. ; 1/2 in. Using a combination of interviews
and film footage, the program describes the roots
of anti-semitism in Christianity, examines the role
of Christianity in the Holocaust asking why churches
and governments did not do more to prevent it, and
follows the reconciliation efforts since the end
of World War II.. VHS 4102
The
Crucible of Europe [videorecording] / produced by
WNET Television ; produced by Michael Joseloff ;
directed by Julian Krainin. [Washington, DC
: The American University Library Non-print Media
Dept.], 1984. Heritage-- civilization and the Jews
; pt. 4. 1 videocassette (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col.
; 1/2 in. Covers the journey of the Jewish people
into Europe from Moorish Spain to Lithuania and
Poland during the 9th to 15th centuries. VHS 3394
Days
of awe [videorecording] / produced, directed and
filmed by Karen Kramer. New York, N.Y. c1996.
1 videocassette (43 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
The ten days in Fall starting with Rosh Hashanah
and ending with Yom Kippur are commonly known as
the "Days of Awe" which are marked by prayer, song,
ecstatic dance and celebration. Though often closed
to strangers, Karen Kramer was able to follow one
Hasidic Jewish community in Brooklyn, New York,
during this most sacred season and observe the practice
of ancient customs as the celebrants speak about
the history and meaning of their customs. VHS 4599
Deadly
currents [videorecording] / a Simcha Jacobovici
film ; produced with the participation of Telefilm
Canada and the Ontario Film Development Corporation
... in association with CityTV ; an Associated Producers
production. New York, NY . 1992. 1 videocassette
(115 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ;
1/2 in. A documentary about the history of the conflict
between Jews and Arabs over the lands of the Middle
East, focusing on the Intifadah-- the Palestinian
civil uprising that began on the occupied West Bank
in the late 1980s. The film shows the conflict from
both sides, giving voice to the full spectrum of
opinion: Arabs and Jews, doves and militants, rational
academics and bloodied combatants. The film's attempt
to give meaningful form to violence and confusion
is mirrored in interspersed performances by dancers,
theater groups, protest singers, and a remarkable
street-performer. VHS 4259
Delta
Jews [videorecording] / Mississippi Educational
Television ; Mike DeWitt Productions. New York,
NY . c1999. 1 videocassette (57 min.) : sd.,
col. ; 1/2 in. For over a century, the Mississippi
Delta has been home to a thriving Jewish community.
Through the eyes of the few who remain, this video
traces the history of the community and its relationship
to its white Christian and black neighbors. We meet
families who as merchants and farmers have taken
on many characteristic speech patterns and social
attitudes, yet maintained their traditions, even
if it took importing rabbis and traveling miles
for religious services or Seders. VHS 5910
Der
Ewige Jude [videorecording] = The eternal jew :
ein dokümentarischer Film / der D.F.G. [Deutsche
Filmherstellungs und Vertriebs G.m.b.H.] ; directed
by Fritz Hippler. Chicago, Ill. 1988. 1 videocassette
(62 min.) : sd., b&w. ; 1/2 in. This anti-Semitic
propaganda film, produced in Nazi Germany in 1938,
was designed to prejudice contemporary German viewers
against Jews. The film uses archival footage and
clips from newsreels and other sources, including
scenes from the Lód´z ghetto in occupied
Poland, to portray Jews as swindlers and parasites.
VHS 4019
Les
Derniers Marranes [videorecording] / La SEPT ; Films
d'ici ; L'Association Mémoire et Histoire
; Canaan Production. Waltham, MA : National
Center for Jewish Film, [1997?]. 1 videocassette
(65 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. In 1497, five years
after the expulsion of the Jews from Spain, Portuguese
Jews were forced to accept conversion. Called 'Marranos'
by their Christian neighbors, they tried to keep
their Judaism alive. After 500 years of practicing
their religion in secret, some 100 adults in the
village of Belmonte have remained. Documentary is
composed primarily of filmed interviews with the
surviving community. VHS 6191
The
Dhimmis [videorecording] : to be a Jew in Arab lands/
produced by Gal Production Ltd. Teaneck, NJ
: Ergo Media Inc., c1987. Jews in many lands. 1
videocassette (29 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. Details
the centuries of persecution endured by Jews living
in Arab lands. Using rare film footage, photographs,
maps and interviews, it presents a country by country
account of Jewish life that flourished in the midst
of ongoing conflict. VHS 5552
A
different world [videorecording] : Poland's Jews,
1919-1943 / produced by DNA "Poland" Ltd. with WNET/New
York in association with Channel 4/U.K. and Norddeutscher
Rundfunk Hamburg. New York : WNET ; Alexandria,
Va. : PBS Video, 1978. The struggles for Poland
; pt. 3. 1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., col. ;
1/2 in. A description of Jewish culture in Poland
between the wars and its destruction under the Nazi
occupation. Documents through archival films, stills,
interviews and readings the once flourishing and
dynamic community of Polish Jews, and the events
leading up to the Holocaust. Focuses on ghetto leaders,
the Treaty for Protection of Minority Rights and
the rise of European facism. VHS 519
The
Doomed Voyage of the St. Louis [videorecording]
/ produced by MPH Entertainment, Inc. for A&E
Network. New York, NY . 1997. 1 videocassette
(50 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2
in. "In May of 1939, the ship St. Louis departed
Hamburg, Germany for Cuba. Onboard were 930 Jewish
refugees fleeing the Nazi regime. In one of the
darkest chapters in World War II, they would eventually
be returned to the continent they tried to leave.
Footage shows the ship arriving in Havana, where
officials refused to allow the passengers to disembark.
As the St. Louis steamed in circles off Florida
and its passengers pondered their uncertain fate,
immigration officials from various nations were
contacted, but none, including the U.S., allowed
them in. .... Eventually, the St. Louis returned
to Europe, where, despite the heroic efforts of
the ship's captain, most of the passengers became
victims of the Holocaust. Featuring moving interviews
with survivors, period news accounts and commentary
from leading scholars ..." Summary taken from the
A&E website: http://aetv.com VHS 5560
Drancy
[videorecording] / producer, Bruce Eadie, director,
Stephen Trombley ; produced in association with
France2, Discovery Channel/US, Channel Four/UK,
ABC/Australia, YLE-TV2/Finland, SVT1/Sweden, TV2/Denmark
; Worldview Pictures. New York, N.Y. c1994.
1 videocassette (55 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Explores the structure of the Holocaust in France.
Survivors of the World War II Jewish concentration
camp Drancy in Paris describe their wartime experiences
especially at the hands of the French gendarmerie
and the Vichy Government. Also includes interviews
with bystanders who witnessed what was happening
to the Jews, many of whom were refugees from other
countries in Europe. VHS 3747
Dreamers
and builders [videorecording] / Israel Film Archive,
Jerusalem Cinematheque with the cooperation of the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Dept. of Public Affairs.
Washington, D.C. c1997. 1 videocassette (30
min.) : sd., col. & b&w ; 1/2 in. Traces
the history of Zionism and the movement to create
a national homeland for the Jewish people and focuses
on the work of Theodor Herzl. Landmark events in
the creation of the state of Israel are highlighted,
such as the first waves of Jewish immigrants to
Palestine, the Zionist Congress in 1897 in Basel,
Switzerland, the Balfour Declaration, and the early
agricultural, economic and political development
of the country. VHS 5838
Drew
Pearson's Washington merry-go-round [no. 2] .
c 1995, [orig. 1957]. 1 videocassette (12 min.,
15 sec.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in. This documentary
focuses on Drew Pearson's view of the future success
of Israel and the strained relations with the Egyptians
and Arabs regarding this new country. Pearson comments
that despite constant border raids and continued
aggression with the Arabs outside of Israel's border,
inside the country the cities are prospering and
Arabs and Jews live rather peacefully together.
Pearson shows images of the landscape, Jordan river,
and Tel Aviv. He describes the new nation's army.
He comments that Israel is replete with a strong,
determined pride in their ability to overcome challenges
they face, despite the knowledge that Egypt is heavily
stocked in ammunitions provided by the Russians.
Pearson also discusses his meeting with Prime-Minister
David Ben-Gurion (visual image included). Neel Archive
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The
Eighty-first blow [videorecording] = [Ha- makah
hashmonim v'echad] / Ghetto Fighters House. Teaneck,
N.J. 1987. 1 videocassette (115 min.) : sd.,
b&w ; 1/2 in. An historical documentary made
up of film footage and stills shot by the Nazis;
contains a compilation of testimony from witnesses
who appeared at the Eichmann trial. One of three
award-winning films that deal with the Nazi attempt
to annihilate the Jews, Jewish resistance, and heroic
efforts of Holocaust survivors to reach Israel.).
VHS 2785
The
English, D-Day and the Holocaust [videorecording]
: with hardship their garment / produced in association
with Suddeutscher Rundfunk and Time-Life Films..
New York : Ambrose Video Publishing, 1976. Europe,
the mighty continent ; 9. 1 videocassette (52 min.)
: sd., col. & b&w ; 1/2 in. This series
traces the history of Europe between 1900 and 1975
and includes film clips and photographs from documentary
archives. Segment analyzes the events of World War
II in Europe focusing on the unprecedented destruction
of civilian populations. Discusses the Nazi extermination
camps and their brutality against Jewish and Slavic
peoples.. VHS 1596
Fictitious
marriage videorecording / Tom Productions. Teaneck,
N.J. : Ergo Media, c1992. Israeli cinema. 1 videocassette
(90 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. An Israeli man in
the midst of a mid-life crisis leaves his family
in Jerusalem, travels secretly to Tel Aviv, enters
a fictitious marriage, and is mistaken for an Arab
laborer.. VHS 6248
"Follow
Me" [videorecording] : the story of the Six Days
War / a film by Yigael Ephrati ; Israel Film Service,
Prime Minister's Office and Israel Defence Forces
Spokesman. Teaneck, NJ . c1992. 1 videocassette
(95 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in. "Follow me!"
was the motto of Israeli commanders who led their
troops into battle. Film chronicles the victory
by the State of Israel over overwhelming Arab forces
in the Six-Day War. Looks at the tense weeks preceding
the outbreak of the war, the actual battles on the
Egyptian, Jordanian and Syrian fronts, the fierce
battle for Jerusalem and the emotion liberation
of the Western Wall. VHS 5639
Free
voice of labor--the Jewish anarchists [videorecording]
/ Pacific Street Films. [New York?] . c1980.
1 videocassette (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2
in. Historian Paul Avrich examines the lives and
ideals of participants in the Jewish anarchist movement
in the United States who believed in the possibility
of society without government. The centerpiece of
the film is a series of clips from interviews with
members of the collective that published the Yiddish
language anarchist paper, Freie Arbeiter Stimme,
together with still photographs of anarchist demonstrations,
and old newsreel footage. VHS 5354
From
dusk till dawn [videorecording] : with Ofra Haza
/ Israel Television. Teaneck, N.J. Inc, c1988.
1 videocassette (48 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
The versatile Israeli singer takes us through a
night of performances as she demonstrates her range
of talents in a variety of settings: an air force
base; a popular Jaffa night club and the Yemenite
Folklore Club. VHS 6394
From
the orange to the chip [videorecording] : Israel's
economic revolution / a production of IBA-Israel
Television. Jerusalem : IBA, Israel Broadcasting
Authority ; Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities
& Sciences, 1998. Tkuma: the first fifty years
; [5]. 1 videocassette (52 min.) : sd., b&w
& col. ; 1/2 in. Part 5 of a historical documentary
series on the first fifty years of the State of
Israel. In its quest to boost per capita income,
Israel has progressed from exporting Jaffa oranges
to developing high-tech computer chips in just 50
years. This program explores the economic revolution
that has occurred in this arid, resource-poor region.
Today technology rather than agriculture is the
backbone of Israel's economic vitality, as it continues
its drive to maintain its position in the world
technology market. VHS 5685
Future
peace, next war [videorecording] / a production
of IBA-Israel Television.. Jerusalem : IBA,
Israel Broadcasting Authority ; Princeton, N.J.
: Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 1998.
Tkuma: the first fifty years ; [6]. 1 videocassette
(52 min.) : sd., b&w & col. ; 1/2 in. Part
6 of a historical documentary series on the first
fifty years of the State of Israel. This final segment
of the series examines the vision of Israel's purpose
and scope--and the leaders who have interpreted
and shaped that vision. From the first Begin/Sadat
meeting in Jerusalem to the war against the PLO
in Lebanon, from the post-Gulf War peace initiatives
to the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, Israel's
history has been a story of the search for a lasting
peace, but within the context of almost constant
war. VHS 5686
Gefilte
fish [videorecording] / produced, directed and edited
by Karen Silverstein ; co-directed by Rhonda Richards.
New York, NY . c1984. 1 videocassette (14 min.)
: sd., col. ; 1/2 in. A light-hearted look at the
way three different generations of women prepare
the traditional delicacy. Provides cooking instructions
and chuckles, as well as a short examination of
the ways people try to reconcile tradition with
modern life. VHS 3185
Genocide
[videorecording] : 1941-1945 / Thames Television
; produced and directed by Michael Darlow ; written
by Charles Bloomberg.. New York : Thorn EMI
Video, c1982. The World at war ; vol. 20. 1 videocassette
(52 min.) : sd., b&w with col.sequences ; 1/2
in. When the Nazis came to power in 1933, Heinrich
Himmler was already Reichsfuhrer of the SS. The
new eminence of the National Socialist Party allowed
him to set about realizing his dream of awakening
the Germanic race within the German people. He had
already refined the philosophy of Nazism, its ideas
on politics and on race. His aims lay in recreating
an older "Aryan" Germany. Uses documentary footage,
photographs, and reminiscences of individuals involved
in the conflict. VHS 2561
Genocide
[videorecording] : the story of man's inhumanity
to man / Simon Wiesenthal Center. Los Angeles, Calif.
c1983. 1 videocassette (81 min.) : sd., col.
with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in. Film explores the
history of anti-Semitism and the social world of
European Jews before the War. Graphically depicts
the events of the Holocaust through the use of contemporary
newsfilm and still photos and the reminiscences
of survivors.. VHS 57
Growing
up hunted [videorecording] : the life of a Jewish
child in Nazi-occupied Belgium / produced by the
Dept. of Educational Media and Technology, Montgomery
County Public Schools for the Montgomery County
Public School's MPCS-TV, Channel 52 ; Henniger Video
Studio. Rockville, M.D. : Montgomery County
Public Schools ; Washington, D.C. : distributed
by the Holocaust Eyewitness Project, 1991. Video
portraits (Holocaust Eyewitness Project). 1 videocassette
(28 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. Following an introduction
that describes the phases and causes of the Holocaust,
Flora Singer describes the arrival of the Germans
in Belgium and the early stages of the Holocaust
in Antwerp. She and her mother and two sisters hid
from the Nazis with the Help of Christians, including
a Belgian priest and a German officer who was a
friend of her father's before the war. Her talk
was a presentation to the Washington Hebrew Congregation's
Prime Timers. VHS 1742
Havana
nagila [videorecording] : the Jews in Cuba. [United
States] . c1995. 1 videocassette (56 min.) :
sd., col. ; 1/2 in. The program uses archival materials
and interviews to explore the history of the Jewish
community in Cuba and the effect of the 1959 revolution,
the U.S. trade embargo, and the collapse of the
Soviet Union.). VHS 3545
Henry
Greenbaum [videorecording] : a survivor's account
/ recorded by the Holocaust Eyewitness Project ;
Edith Fierst, President. Washington, D.C. :
Holocaust Eyewitness Project, c 1989. Video portraits
(Holocaust Eyewitness Project). 1 videocassette
(52 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. Henry Greenbaum
was born "Chuna Grynbaum" in Starachowitz, Poland.
Following the Nazi invasion he survived in the Starachowitz
ghetto and then in a labor camp until he was transported
by cattle car to Auschwitz. His description of the
trip and of his labor assignment at the IG Farben
plant at Buna is graphic. He was evacuated from
Auschwitz in a death march. His talk is followed
by a question and answer session. VHS 1749
Heritage--
civilization and the Jews [videorecording] / produced
by WNET Television ; with Abba Eban ;. [Washington,
DC . 1984. 9 videocassettes (540 min.) : sd.,
col. ; 1/2 in. This series was filmed and researched
over a four year period in more than 18 nations
on four continents. It chronicles over 3,000 years
of Jewish history in the context of other Western
religious artifacts, historical sites, and primary
literary sources to tell this story of Western Civilization
and the Jewish people in it. Programs will include:
landscape and archaeological artifacts, sites and
reconstructions in the Middle East and the great
remains of the classical world; the manuscripts
and art which preceded the printed word; the painting
sculpture, prints, lithographs, etchings and architecture
of later centuries; photographic stills which begin
to appear in the 19th century; and black and white
film footage from the 20th century. VHS 3391-3399
Image
before my eyes [videorecording] / presented by the
YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. New York .
c1985. 1 videocassette (100 min.) : sd., col. with
b&w sequences ; 1/2 in. Jewish Poland before
the Holocaust was the largest and most important
center of Jewish culture in the world. Film recreates
life there prior to Germany's 1939 invasion, in
particular the 1920s and 1930s. Includes still photographs,
news footage, home movies, and even paintings by
a survivor. Historical narration is juxtaposed with
interviews, as the great variety in ideology, social
class, and lifestyle of this now-vanished culture
of 3 1/2 million people is explored. HOME USE COLLECTION VHS 193, DVD 1936
In
the holy land [videorecording] / ABC News InterActive.
Warren, NJ : Optical Data Corporation, c1989. Understanding
our world. 1 videodisc : sd., col. ; 12 in. + 1
user manual (66 p. ; 28 cm.) + 4 computer disks
(3 1/2 in.) + 1 interface cable. Discusses the history
of turmoil and conflict in the Middle East, with
emphasis on the State of Israel. VDD 23
In
the shadow of the Reich [videorecording] : Nazi
medicine / a film by John J. Michalczyk. New York,
N.Y. 1997. 1 videocassette (54 min.) : sd.,
col. & b&w ; 1/2 in. This documentary studies
the step-by-step process that led the medical profession
in the Third Reich down an unethical road to genocide.
It graphically documents the racial theories and
eugenics principles that set the stage for the doctors'
participation in sterilization and euthanasia, the
selections at the death camps, as well as inhuman
and unethical human experimentation. It provides
the historical basis for many current dilemmas in
bio-ethical work. VHS 5166
Independence
Day variety program [videorecording] / Israel Television.
Teaneck, N.J. 1988. 1 videocassette (50 min.)
: sd., col. ; 1/2 in. VHS 6393
The
Ingathering [videorecording] / a production of IBA-Israel
Television. Jerusalem : IBA, Israel Broadcasting
Authority ; Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities
& Sciences, 1998. Tkuma: the first fifty years
; [2]. 1 videocassette (52 min.) : sd., b&w
& col. ; 1/2 in. Part 2 of a historical documentary
series on the first fifty years of the State of
Israel. This segment examines the history of Jewish
immigration and the conflux of cultures that exist
within the broader cultural/religious identity of
the Israeli population. In addition to identifying
as Jewish, Israelis also identify themselves as
Polish, Russian, Hungarian, Romanian, Libyan, Algerian,
Yemenite and Ethiopian. The program explores the
question of cultural identity and heritage in a
multicultural society founded on a principle of
inclusion for all Jewish people. VHS 5682
Intermarriage--when
love meets tradition [videorecording] / Union of
American Hebrew Congregations ; producer, Lydia
Kukoff ; director, Ilana Bar-Din.. Los Angeles,
Calif. 1987. 1 videocassette (ca. 49 min.)
: sd., col. ; 1/2 in. + 1 study guide. Highlights
aspects of a Reform Jewish outreach program for
interfaith married couples and those considering
such marriages. Five young couples take part in
a course designed to provide a Jewish orientation
for those not closely affiliated with the Jewish
community as they explore the anxieties and dilemmas
that can occur when one member of each couple is
Jewish and the other member is not. Shows how events
such as a wedding, birth of a child, or certain
holy days can bring about deep-seated, emotional
religious feelings. VHS 4786
Intimate
stranger [videorecording] / Alan Berliner. New York
. c1991. 1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., col.
with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in. Joseph Cassuto
was a Palestinian Jew raised in Egypt and a pioneer
businessman in post-war Japan who emigrated to the
United States after World War II. After his hit
& run death in 1974, his grandson Alan Berliner
created this film about his life. He combines interviews
with family and friends, home movies and archival
footage to present a portrait of a complex man who
was adored by his friends and business associates
but almost unknown to his own family. VHS 5578
Into
the future [videorecording] / produced by WNET Television
; produced and directed by Alan Rosenthal. [Washington,
DC : The American University Library Non-print Media
Dept.], 1984. Heritage-- civilization and the Jews
; 9. 1 videocassette (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. with
b&w sequences ; 1/2 in. Reviews the status of
the Jewish people in the 1980s. Traces the establishment
of Israel from the early Zionist movements in 1945
to the present. VHS 3399
Israel
[videorecording] : the price of victory / written,
produced & directed by Ofra Bikel. Boston
: WGBH ; Washington, D.C. : PBS Video [distributor],
1987. 1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2
in. Examines the nation of Israel, on the 20th anniversary
of the Six-Day War, struggling with its image as
a democracy. Shows the repression of Arabs resulting
from the government's increasingly extreme right-wing
stance. VHS 4937
Jerusalem,
an occupation set in stone? [videorecording] / Insightment
Video Productions. 1995. 1 videocassette (55
min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. Discusses the situation
of the Palestinians in East Jerusalem whose homes
have been destroyed by the 1967 war and Israeli
urban renewal and demolition policies. Interviews
with Jerusalem residents explore the social situation,
conflicting Jewish and Arab claims to Jerusalem
and recent history. VHS 3986
A
Jewish partisan [videorecording] : the story of
Brenda Senders / produced by the Dept. of Educational
Media and Technology, Montgomery County Public Schools
for the Montgomery County Public School's MPCS-TV,
Channel 52. Rockville, M.D. : Montgomery County
Public Schools : Washington, d.C. : distributed
by the Holocaust Eyewitness Project, 1991. Video
portraits (Holocaust Eyewitness Project). 1 videocassette
(30 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. Following an introduction
about the stages and causes of the Holocaust, Brenda
Senders (nee Bronia Szyr) describes the course of
the Holocaust in her little town in the Ukraine
(then a part of Poland) to a B'nai B'rith youth
group. Following the Nazi-Soviet Pact in 1939, the
Soviets occupied her town and deported many of the
leading citizens to Siberia. Most of them survived
the war. In 1941 the Germans came. Some people were
murdered immediately; others perished in the ghetto
the Germans and Ukrainians created; still others
died in a concentration camp outside the town. Mrs.
Senders reminiscences about many of the murdered
people while showing their pictures in a book of
remembrance. She herself escaped from the concentration
camp and survived the war as a partisan. VHS 1744
The
Jews of Poland [videorecording] : five cities /
[Sektor Films] ; Ergo Media Inc. ; Jewish Film Archive
; Hebrew University ; WZO. Five cities. [Teaneck,
N.J.] . c1988. 1 videocassette (50 min.) : sd.,
b&w ; 1/2 in. Filmmakers Yizhak and Shaul Goskind
visited six Jewish communities in Poland between
1938 and 1939 in an effort to record the vitality
of Jewish life. These five short documentary films
focus on Jewish life in the Polish cities of Kraków,
Vilna (Vilnius), Lwów (L´vov), Warsaw, and
Bialystok. (Their film about Lodz has been lost.)
VHS 5361
A
jumpin' night in the Garden of Eden [videorecording].
New York, N.Y. : First Run/Icarus Films, c1987.
Jewish Heritage Video Collection; RI 142. 1 videocassette
(75 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. Three generations
of klezmer musicians are working together to revive
this vigorous and soulful expression of Yiddish
culture which originated in Eastern Europe and was
influenced by Gypsy, Greek and other old world melodies,
as a well as American jazz, before almost dying
out. Shows two klezmer bands both in performance
and in the process of re-discovering this traditional
music. VHS 4038
Lód´z
ghetto [videorecording] / produced by Alan Adelson
; directed by Kathryn Taverna and Alan Adelson ;
Jewish Heritage Project. Bethesda, Md. : distributed
by Atlas Video, [1992]. 1 videocassette (118 min.)
: sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in. Chronicles
the Nazi persecution of the Jews of Lód´z
from German occupation beginning on September 8,
1939 to liberation by the Russians on January 17,
1945. Focuses on the forcible move of Jews into
the ghetto, the harsh conditions within, deportation
to Auschwitz, and the survival of the few Jews who
remained behind and hid in the ghetto. Depicts the
ghetto's Nazi- appointed Jewish leader, Mordecai
Hayim Rumkowski. Utilizes historical film footage
and still photographs, some contemporary footage,
and narration from historical diaries and monographs.
Much of the historical material was made at great
risk and left deliberately by the doomed community
members.. VHS 4738
The
land of promise [videorecording] : the first Palestine
sound picture / Keren Hayesod ; Urim Palestine Film
Company ; Fox Film Corporation. Waltham, MA
: National Center for Jewish Film, [199-?]. 1 videocassette
(57 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in. This film was
made as part of a campaign (prior to the formation
of the state of Israel) to encourage Jews to invest
and settle in Palestine. Film is a day-to-day look
at the lives of the Jewish refugees from Europe
who settled in Palestine during the 1920s and early
1930s; highlights the revival of agriculture, commerce
and industry initiated by the Jewish community.
VHS 5551
Leon
Senders war [videorecording] / prepared under the
auspices of the Holocaust Eyewitness Project..
Washington, D.C. : Holocaust Eyewitness Project,
[199?] Video portraits (Holocaust Eyewitness Project).
1 videocassette (23 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
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 Königsberg. VHS 1747
Lest
we forget [interactive multimedia] : a history of
the Holocaust / developed by Endless Interactive.
[Belgium] : Endless S.A. ; Bar Harbor, Wash.
: Logos Research Systems [distributor], c1996. 1
computer laser optical disc : sd., b&w and col.
; 4 3/4 in. + 1 user's guide. Complete history of
the Nazi's war against Europe's Jews. Contains archival
documentary footage, including Nazi propaganda films,
a gallery of over 500 photographs, maps, charts,
and a timeline, extensive original text, and audio
summaries and archival audio from German archives.
System requirements: IBM-compatible computers, 486SX-33
or better; 8 MB RAM; Windows 3.1 or higher; VGA
monitor (graphics accelerator recommended); 200
MB hard disk; double speed CD-ROM drive. System
requirements: MacIIci or better; 8 MB RAM (5 MB
available); System 7 or higher; color monitor; 200
MB hard disk; double speed CD-ROM drive. CDRom 39
A
Life apart [videorecording] : Hasidism in America
/ produced and directed by Menachem Daum and Oren
Rudavsky. New York, N.Y. 1997. 1 videocassette
(95 minutes) : sd., col. with b&w sequences
; 1/2 in. Film looks at the creation of the Hasidic
communities in the United States. Founded in Poland
in the 18th century, the Hasidism, in order to survive
as a community and a way of life, join in the post-Holocaust
exodus from Europe and seek to create an enclave
in America. Documentary combines historical film
clips and photographs with interviews with scholars
(like Arthur Hertzberg) and community members to
look at both the history and the daily life of a
sect which stresses mysticism, prayer, religious
zeal and joy. VHS 3200
The
long way home [videorecording] / Moriah Films of
the Simon Wiesenthal Center and Seventh Art Releasing.
Salt Lake City, UT . c1998. 1 videocassette
(120 min.) : sd., col. with b&w segments; 1/2
in. Documentary on the Jewish survivors of World
War II who were kept in displaced persons camps
and who then eventually made their way to Palestine
to found the state of Israel. Uses archival footage,
original broadcasts and personal testimonies from
survivors and participants, to tell this story of
the harrowing years between the end of World War
II and the formation of the state of Israel. VHS
5418
The
Longest hatred [videorecording] : the history of
anti-Semitisim / a Nucleus production for Thames
Television and WGBH. Princeton, N.J. [1993],
c1991. 2 videocassettes (150 min.) : sd., col. ;
1/2 in. Drawing on interviews with Semites, anti-Semites,
and scholars, the program traces anti-Semitism from
its earliest manifestations in antiquity to the
recent ominous outbreaks in Germany, Russia, and
elsewhere. VHS 2564
[Matzor]
[videorecording] = Siege / Siege Films Ltd. Teaneck,
N.J. : Ergo Media, c1988. Israeli cinema. 1 videocassette
(95 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in. An Israeli woman
loses her husband during the Six Day War. Her husband's
friends want her to remain an ever-mourning widow,
but she wants to break away from her past and normalize
her life. VHS 5711
Memory
of the camps [videorecording] / produced for Documentary
Consortium by WGBH, Boston ; WGBH Educational Foundation.
Alexandria, Va. c1989, 1993. 1 videocassette
(60 min.) : sd., b&w and col. ; 1/2 in. Documentary
footage filmed by Allied Forces army cameramen when
they entered the Nazi death camps in 1945 and only
recently discovered in the archives of the Imperial
War Museum in London. Scenes from Bergen-Belson,
Dachau, Buchenwald, and other camps. VHS 3521
The
Miracle of Intervale Avenue [videorecording] / an
Irving Rappaport production in association with
Landseer Film & Television Productions ; director,
Ken Howard. Teaneck, NJ : Ergo Media, c1987.
The American Jewish experience. 1 videocassette
(65 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. The South Bronx
in New York City, an area that was once predominately
Jewish, is now a decaying neighborhood whose population
is largely Hispanic and black. This program examines
the people who choose to live and work in the South
Bronx, in particular the tiny community of elderly
Jews determined to survive. VHS 1654
Miriam's
daughters now [videorecording] / Lilly Rivlin. New
York, N.Y. 1986. 1 videocassette (ca. 30 min.)
: sd., b&w ; 1/2 in. Discusses the changing
roles of Jewish women and their demand for equal
rights. VHS 533
Molly
; The Goldbergs [videorecording]. Goldberg's (AKA
Molly). [United States] : Movie Classics, [1987?,
orig. 195?, 1955]. 1 videocassette (ca. 60 min.)
: sd., b&w ; 1/2 in. Two episodes from 1950s
TV shows starring Gertrude Berg. Molly: Molly arranges
for her daughter Rosie to audition with a singing
teacher although she is not certain how she can
afford the lessons. --The Goldbergs: Cousin Benjamin
visits and invites Uncle Davey to return to Dublin
with him, but Benjamin's new love does not want
a third person to accompany them on their honeymoon.
VHS 4133
Murray
Avenue [videorecording] : a community in transition
/ : a film by Sheila Chamovitz. Pittsburgh, PA .
1984, c1985. 1 videocassette (28 min.) : sd., col.
; 1/2 in. Presents a close-up view of life on Murray
Avenue in the traditional Jewish neighborhood of
Squirrel Hill in Pittsburgh, Pa. Reveals how generations
of residents confronted the coldness of urban living
and provides a glimpse of a life-style that might
soon be lost. VHS 476
The
Myth of Masada [videorecording] / Arkios Productions
; in association with the Archaeological Institute
of America at Boston University & the Learning
Channel. Princeton, NJ . c1993. 1 videocassette
(22 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2
in. Scholars and archaeologists examine the story
of the defense and mass suicide at Masada and question
the accuracy of Josephus' account of the mass suicide.
VHS 2458
Nash¯id
al-Hajar [videorecording] = Cantique des Pierres
/ S¯urah F¯ilm tuqaddam. Cantique des Pierres Canticle
of the Stone. Seattle, WA . 1991. 1 videocassette
(110 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in. Docudrama -
combines documentary footage with staged dialogue
inserts on the Intifada. Emphasizes the intentional
disruption of daily life in the Occupied Territories
by the Israeli army in an attempt to break the uprising.
VHS 2048
Nesse
Godin remembers [videorecording] / produced by the
Dept. of Educational Media and Technology, Montgomery
County Public Schools for the Montgomery County
Public School's MPCS-TV, Channel 52 ; Henninger
Video Studio. Rockville, M.D. : Montgomery County
Public Schools : Washington, D.C. : distributed
by the Holocaust Eyewitness Project, 1991. Video
portraits (Holocaust Eyewitness Project). 1 videocassette
(31 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. Following an introduction
about the stages and causes of the Holocaust, Nesse
Godin addresses a class at the Herbert Hoover Junior
High School. Born Anessa Galperin, she was 13 when
the Nazis invaded her hometown of Shaulia, Lithuania,
and forced the Jews into a ghetto where life consisted
of hunger and fear. When the Germans were forced
to retreat, the Jews were shipped to concentration
camps in cattle cars. Nesse Godin wound up in a
labor camp at Stuthof until it was evacuated. She
survived the death march and makeshift camp, although
8 of 10 died. VHS 1743
Nobody's
business [videorecording] / produced, directed,
photographed and edited by Alan Berliner ; produced
in association with the Independent Television Service.
New York, N.Y. c1996. 1 videocassette (60 min.)
: sd., col. ; 1/2 in. Oscar A. Berliner, father
of director Alan Berliner, is the reluctant subject
of this study of family history and memory. Family
members add their comments to this portrait of a
retired Jewish sportswear manufacturer and salesman
who describes himself as "just an ordinary guy."
VHS 4914
Nuit
et brouillard [videorecording] = Night and fog /
realisation, Alain Resnais ; co-production, Cocinor,
Como-Films, Argos Films. Sandy Hook, Conn.
c1981. 1 videocassette (32 min.) : sd., col. with
b&w sequences ; 1/2 in. Award-winning documentary
using actual black and white film footage shot inside
Hitler's concentration camps. Intercuts film footage
from World War II with present day scenes of various
concentration camps to describe the horror and the
atrocities of the German concentration camps during
World War II. VHS 127
Number
our days [videorecording]. Los Angeles . 1983.
1 videocassette (29 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Interviews conducted by anthropologist Dr. Barbara
G. Myerhoff. Film provides a portrait of a community
of elderly eastern European Jews, a group of disadvantaged
but resilient individuals, now living in the Israel
Levin Senior Adult Center, Venice, Calif. who sustain
their vivid cultural heritage amid poverty and loneliness
in modern America. Intersperses the interviews with
views of the center's activities, which serve to
bring the spirited citizens together in a common
bond of unity. VHS 316
Oasis
of peace [videorecording] / written, directed &
produced by Jocelyn Ajami. Falls Church, VA
: Landmark Media, Inc., 1995. 1 videocassette (26
min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in.
Set in the context of the Middle East conflict,
Oasis of Peace is the story of a village in Israel
where Jews and Palestinians, all Israeli citizens,
have been living together as equals since 1978.
VHS 3804
Occupied
Palestine [videorecording] / [presented by] Cinema
Six ; Mountain Top Films. Van Nuys, CA . c1986.
1 videocassette (88 min.) : sd., col. with b&w
sequences ; 1/2 in. Portrays the dominant political
and social culture in the Israeli-occupied territories
and conveys the essence of the Palestinian struggle
in the words and deeds of the protagonists. VHS
5372
On
the edge of peace [videorecording] : six personal
stories / Tamouz Media, Amythos Productions &
Thania Production in association with Channel Four
TV (U.K.). New York, NY . c1995. 1 videocassette
(103 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. Three Israelis
and three Palestinians in 1993 are given video cameras
and asked to document the effect of the peace process
on their lives and the lives of their communities.
Their stories plus news footage are used to chronicle
the first year of the implementation of the Israeli-Palestinian
accords. Film looks at the signing of the peace
accords in Washington, the delay of the withdrawal
from Gaza, the Hebron massacre, and finally Arafat's
arrival in Gaza. VHS 5128
Out
of the ashes [videorecording] / produced by WNET
Television ; produced and directed by Alan Rosenthal.
[Washington, DC : The American University Library
Non-print Media Dept.], 1984. Heritage-- civilization
and the Jews ; pt. 8. 1 videocassette (ca. 60 min.)
: sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in. Describes
the life of early 20th century European Jews, 1917-1945,
focusing on pre-Nazi Germany, the Third Reich, and
the Holocaust. Uses archival materials in combination
with modern footage. VHS 3398
Palestine
[videorecording] : historie dúne terre /
une co-production France 3, Point du jour, INA Enterprise.
New York, N.Y. 1993. 2 videocassettes (ca.
115 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2
in. Using archival and newsreel footage, documentary
recounts the story of Palestine from the late 19th
century through the Zionist movement, the creation
of Israel, the Intifada, and the beginnings of the
current peace movement at the Madrid Peace Conference.
VHS 4727
Palestinian
diaries [videorecording] / a co-production of Tamouz
Media, New York, and Al Quds Television Productions,
Jerusalem ; in association with Kenmerk/IKON TV,
the Netherlands, and Channel 4, United Kingdom.
[Orland Park, Ill. 1997, c1991. 1 videocassette
(60 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. In 1990, an international
team provided training and a video camera for three
young Palestinians in the occupied territories of
the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. For six months,
they filmed their own lives and the occurrences
in their communities, capturing the reality of existence
under Israeli occupation. Film offers an insider's
view of the day to day life of curfews, arrests
and executions in the streets of the Palestinian
communities. VHS 5157
Partisans
of Vilna [videorecording] / Ciesla Foundation ;
director, Josh Waletzky ; producer, Aviva Kempner.
Waltham, MA . c1986. 1 videocassette (130 min)
: sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in. Examines
the moral dilemma facing the Jewish youth who organized
an underground resistance in the Vilna ghetto and
fought as partisans in the woods against the Nazis.
Features interviews with surviving partisans interspersed
with archival footage. VHS 6190
A
people and its music / a production of The Israel
Music Heritage Project. Teaneck, NJ . c1999.
8 videocassettes (235 min.) : sd., col. with b&w
sequences ; 1/2 in. (1) Israel: Film looks at the
questions of what is Israeli music and are there
any uniquely Israeli melodies and rhythms. -- (2)
Sepharad: Over 500 years have passed since the expulsion
of the Jews from Spain but Sephardic Jewry has managed
to preserve its rich musical heritage. Film allows
the viewer to hear and learn about the beautiful
Ladino tunes of the Middle Ages, as well as lullabies,
wedding tunes, music of the synagogue and songs
of mourning. -- (3) Ashkenaz: Features Yiddish folksongs,
the liturgical music of the synagogue, Klezmer melodies
as well as Yiddish theater tunes. Features vintage
archival footage of life in Eastern Europe as it
existed prior to World War II. -- (4) Teiman: Mourning
for the destruction of the Second Temple resulted
in the prohibition of using musical instruments.
Stringent in their observance, Yemenite Jews accepted
this ban literally, and instead of developing the
playing of musical instruments, they perfected singing
and rhythm, drumming and dancing. (5) Morocco: The
Moroccan Jews of North Africa created their own
unique musical form of expression by borrowing tunes
from their Arab neighbors and adding Hebrew texts
to them. Film focuses on the unique character and
flavor of the poetry, messianic songs and tunes
that evolved into the basis of authentic Moroccan
Jewish music. -- (6) Hassidut: Music plays a central
role in the daily life of the Hassidic community.
Filmed within the Hassidic community, film showcases
Hassidic melodies, sung in prayer, at celebrations
and at many other significant events in the day
to day life of Hassidic Jews. -- (7) Toward Jerusalem:
Film focuses on the varied musical work of seven
ethnic groups of instrumentalists and singers from
around Israel, who gather together in order to perform
for and meet one another. Film shows them in their
own surroundings as they prepare for their trip
to Jerusalem. Israeli rock star Ehud Banai joins
the musicians. Features music ensembles from Persia,
India, Iraq, Ethiopia, Kurdistan, Georgia and Tajikistan.
-- (8) One Day The Heart Opens: Seven music ensembles
from Ethiopia, Georgia, India, Iraq, Kurdistan,
Persia, and Tajikistan gather at David's Tower in
Jerusalem for a concert, presenting authentic instruments
and melodies characteristic of their communities.
VHS 6405
A
People is born [videorecording] : (3500 B.C. to
6th cent. B.C.) / produced by WNET Television ;
produced and directed by Eugene Marner. [Washington,
DC : The American University Library Non-print Media
Dept.], 1984. Heritage-- civilization and the Jews
; pt. 1. 1 videocassette (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col.
; 1/2 in. Focuses on the origin of the Jewish people
and their development of the concept of God from
3500 B.C. to the 6th century B.C. VHS 3391
The
People's army [videorecording] / a production of
IBA-Israel Television. Jerusalem : IBA, Israel
Broadcasting Authority ; Princeton, N.J. : Films
for the Humanities & Sciences, 1998. Tkuma:
the first fifty years ; [3]. 1 videocassette (52
min.) : sd., b&w & col. ; 1/2 in. Part 3
of a historical documentary series on the first
fifty years of the State of Israel. This program
traces the history of the Israel Defense Forces
in all of its conflicts, from the war for independence,
to the formation of Unit 101, the forerunner of
the feared paratrooper battalions; to the crack
commando teams that protect the borders and police
the trouble spots within the country today. The
program examines the governmental policy of compulsory
military service and the details of present-day
life in the field with the IDF. VHS 5683
"A
place to save your life" [videorecording] : the
story of the Jewish refugee community of Shanghai,
China / Montreith Inn Productions ; produced, written
and directed by Karen Shopsowitz. New York, N.Y.
c1992. 1 videocassette (52 min.) : sd., col.
; 1/2 in. Juxtaposing interviews with survivors
with archival photographs, film looks at the story
of the Jewish refugee community in Shanghai during
World War II when Jews lived in China under Japanese
rule. Seeking refuge from Nazi terror, some 17,000
Jews traveled to Shanghai, one of the few places
that did not require a visa. While the Japanese
did force the jews into a ghetto, they did not follow
Hitler's extermination plan. VHS 5549
The
Power of the word [videorecording] / produced by
WNET Television ; produced by Arnold Labaton, Marc
Siegel. [Washington, DC : The American University
Library Non-print Media Dept.], 1984. Heritage--
civilization and the Jews ; pt. 2. 1 videocassette
(ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. Follows the
consolidation of the Jewish people and their law,
and their interaction with other peoples of the
ancient world from the destruction of the Temple
in 586 B.C.E. until the 1st century C.E. Chronicles
the emergence of a Jewish identity based on ideas
rather than territory or military power. VHS 3392
Return
trips [videorecording] / produced and directed by
Mimi Rosenbush and Beverly Siegel. Los Angeles,
CA . 1991. 1 videocassette (59 min.) : sd.,
col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in. 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. VHS 3179
The
Righteous enemy [videorecording] / Parstel Films.
Waltham, MA . c1991. 1 vidoecassette (84 min.)
: sd., col. and b&w ; 1/2 in. + study guide.
During World War II, the Italian Army interned Jews
rather than send them to death camps in Germany.
This film describes the many lengths the Italian
officials went to save Jews. It shows how Italian
officials prevented the deportation of some 40,000
Jews in Italian occupied France, Greece, and Yugoslavia.
While the Italians could not save them all, their
defiance of Mussolini and government orders did
protect many lives. VHS 3349
The
road to "Rabin Square" [videorecording] / Kol Ha'emet
Productions. Teaneck, NJ . c1998. 1 videocassette
(60 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2
in. Documentary examines the volatile political
climate that existed in Israeli society from the
signing of the First Oslo Accords in September of
1993 up until the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin.
Looks at the links between prominent politicians
in the Likud block of Prime Minister Netanyahu and
national religious parties to the right wing groups
loosely organized under the name "Action Headquarters"
that orchestrated a Rabin-bashing campaign. Telephone
interviews with assassin Yigal Amir as well as first-hand
interviews with his parents, Knesset members, nationalist
and religious leaders, the late Prime Minister Rabin,
Leah Rabin, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and
many others contribute to an understanding of the
extreme divisions within Israeli society that led
up to the murder of the Prime Minister of Israel
in November 1995. VHS 6380
Roads
from the ghetto [videorecording] / produced by WNET
Television ; produced and directed by Eugene Marner.
[Washington, DC : The American University Library
Non-print Media Dept.], 1984. Heritage-- civilization
and the Jews ; pt. 6. 1 videocassette (ca. 60 min.)
: sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in. 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 Balfour Declaration. VHS 3396
Romance
of a Jewess [videorecording] / produced by Biograph.
Waltham, Mass. : Brandeis University, National Center
for Jewish Film, [1995?]. 1 videocassette (15 min.)
: si., b&w ; 1/2 in. Archival footage of a silent
melodrama. Ruth, a young woman, lives on New York's
Lower East Side and works with her father in his
pawnshop. Her greatest treasure is a locket her
dying mother gave her. She falls in love and marries
in defiance of her father's wishes. He disowns her.
She and her husband are happy and have a daughter
but he dies in an accident. Impoverished, she must
send her child to pawn the locket. VHS 4613
Round
eyes in the Middle Kingdom [videorecording].
[Hohokus, N.J. : Levaco Film Library : Trans Film
and Video, 1995]. 1 videocassette (52 min.) : sd.,
col. ; 1/2 in. Filmmaker Ronald Levaco was born
in China of Russian Jewish parents, but his family
fled when he was ten years old, as did most Westerners,
as the Chinese Revolution spread in 1949. Forty-five
years later, Mr. Levaco returns to the country of
his birth to discover what happened to Israel Epstein,
his father's best friend, another Russian Jew who
decided to stay and was to become China's leading
foreign journalist. Levaco's personal narration
about both himself and Israel Epstein forms an insightful
meditation on a half century's worth of Chinese
history. VHS 4471
The
Search for Herod's harbor [videorecording] : solving
a 2,000 year old mystery / director and cinematographer,
Stephen Fairchild ; writer, Stephen Fairchild ;
executive producer, Thatcher Drew ; a production
of Drew/Fairchild. New York, N.Y. c1989. 1
videocassette (28 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. An
adventure with archaeologists above and below the
Mediterranean as they solve the mysteries of King
Herod's magnificent harbor at Caesarea Maritima.
VHS 1114
Search
for solid ground [videorecording] : the Intifadah
through Israeli eyes. New York : Kunhardt Productions,
Inc. : RLP, Inc., c1990. 1 videocassette (58 min.)
: sd., col. ; 1/2 in. Originally made in 1989, the
intent of this film was to show how the Israelis
viewed the uprising in the West Bank and the Gaza
strip. VHS 901
The
secret files [videorecording] : Washington, Israel
and the Gulf / WETA, Washington. [Washington, D.C.]
. 1992. 1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., col.
; 1/2 in. A historical documentary reconstructing
the original United States commitments to Saudi
Arabia and Israel, more than 40 years ago and discusses
how these secret agreements and documents, since
declassified, Helped to shape U.S. foreign policy
which led to our involvement in the Persian Gulf
War of 1991. VHS 1802
"Shalom"
in action [videorecording] : on and off stage with
the "Shalom" Tel-Aviv Dance Company / producer,
Yossi Landau ; script & directing, Amos Ettinger
; [an I.B.A. release]. Teaneck, N.J. c1990.
1 videocassette (53 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
The Shalom Dance Company seeks to preserve Israel's
myriad of cultures through costume, music and dance.
Film shows the dancers in rehearsal, backstage and
on location in some of Israel's most scenic spots
as it performs a variety of dances from traditional
to modern. VHS 6395
The
Shaping of traditions [videorecording] / produced
by WNET Television ; produced by John G. Fox, Julian
Krainin ; directed by Julian Krainin. [Washington,
DC : The American University Library Non-print Media
Dept.], 1984. Heritage-- civilization and the Jews
; 3. 1 videocassette (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. ;
1/2 in. Chronicles the history of the Jews during
the 1st to the 9th centuries. Includes factors such
as the Diaspora, the Roman Empire, and the growth
of the Nazarene sect or Christians. Discusses the
shift of Jewish life from the Near East to the European
continent. VHS 3393
Shattered
dreams [videorecording] / Schonfeld Productions
International ; in association with Channel 4 Television
with the assistance of Central Television. [United
States] . c1990. 1 videocassette (173 min.)
: sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in. The
country of Israel was originally formed to be a
utopian haven in the desert, where the hopes and
dreams of the Jews would flower. Instead, more than
20 years of occupation and expansion have imposed
a stark reality on the soul of Israel. Film uses
historical newsreel footage and interviews with
both Arab and Jewish residents to explore what happens
to a country when it is always on a war footing.
VHS 5366
Shoah
[videorecording] / co-production by Les Films Aleph
and Historia Films ; with the participation of the
French Ministère de la Culture. Hollywood,
CA . NY : New Yorker Films [distributor], c1986.
5 videocassettes (ca. 570 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2
in. + 1 booklet. The Nazi extermination of Jews
is examined through interviews of survivors, witnesses
and perpetrators and through footage of the sites
of the death camps and environs as they appear today.
Those interviewed include Jewish survivors of the
death camps and the Warsaw ghetto uprising, Polish
farmers and villagers who lived near the camps and
Nazis who worked in the camps and the ghettos. VHS
259
Shtetl
[videorecording] / directed and produced by Marian
Marzynski ; a production of Marz Associates in association
with WGBH/Frontline. [Alexandria, VA] . c1996.
2 videocassettes (176 min.) : sd., col. with b&w
sequences ; 1/2 in. Tells the homecoming story of
two elderly Polish-American Jews who return to their
families' small village from which most of the Jews
had been sent to Treblinka's gas chambers. Captures
these pilgrims as they face old neighbors, some
betrayers, some saviors. Interviews Polish Jews
in America and Israel who were holocaust survivors
or emigrated in the late 1930's. VHS 3938
Simulated
international peace conference on the Middle East
[videorecording] / Center for Peace in the Middle
East ; produced by TEL AD Jerusalem Studios Ltd.
Jerusalem : TEL AD Jerusalem Studios Ltd., c.1986.
1 videocassette (27 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Scholars and diplomats (representing the diplomatic
positions of Israel, Jordan, the Palestine Liberation
Organization, Egypt, the European Community Council
of Ministers, Syria, the United States, and the
Soviet Union) play the role of delegates to a mock
peace conference. In the process of delegate discussions
and public statements by the leader of each delegation,
the following issues are raised: recognition of
Israel, the occupied territories, a homeland for
the Palestinian Arabs, and peace and security throughout
the region. A possible compromise solution is proposed.
VHS 896
The
Story of Chaim Rumkowski and the Jews of Lodz [videorecording]
/ POJ Filmproduction AB and Swedish Television.
New York, NY . 1983. 1 videocassette (54 min.)
: sd., b&w ; 1/2 in. "In order to facilitate
the destruction of Poland's three million Jews,
the Nazis forced them to establish Jewish Councils
responsible for administration of the Polish ghettos.
Chaim Rumkowski, appointed Chairman of the Lodz
Jewish Council, was responsible for establishing
a vast bureaucracy which administered all social
services within the ghetto. Utilizing rarely seen
archival materials, including hundreds of photographs
taken by Jewish Council photographers, the film
depicts the activities of the Jewish Council, the
conditions of daily life for ghetto inhabitants,
Rumkowski's relationship to the Nazis, the gradual
disintegration of the ghetto, and the deportations
to the death camps." Summary taken from Cinema Guild
website [http://www.cinemaguild.com] VHS 5670
A
Survivor's account [videorecording] : the story
of Paula Dash / produced by the Dept. of Educational
Media and Technology, Montgomery County Public Schools
for the Montgomery County Public School's MPCS-TV,
Channel 52. Rockville, M.D. : Montgomery County
Public Schools ; Washington, D.C. : distributed
by the Holocaust Eyewitness Project, 1991. Video
portraits (Holocaust Eyewitness Project). 1 videocassette
(40 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. Following an introduction
describing the stages and causes of the Holocaust,
Paula Dash speaks to a class at the University of
Maryland. She describes the increasing repression
against the Jews in Lód´z, the horror of
Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen where she was imprisoned,
and the final death march as Allied troops approached
the camps. VHS 1741
Theresienstadt,
gateway to Auschwitz [videorecording] : recollections
from childhood / KGT Film Corporation and elefantl
production. [New York, N.Y.] : Cinema Guild,
[1987?]. 1 videocassette (58 min.) : sd., col. with
b&w sequences; 1/2 in. Chronicles the history
of the infamous Czech Theresienstadt ghetto which
was used during World War II by the Nazis as a transit
camp for Jewish deportees en route to Auschwitz
and other death camps. Blends the childhood recollections
of these survivors with rare archival photos, paintings,
drawings by ghetto inmates, excerpts from the children's
opera Brundibar, which was performed there, and
scenes of a survivors' reunion. VHS 5667
Tkuma
[videorecording] : the first fifty years / a production
of IBA-Israel Television. Jerusalem : IBA, Israel
Broadcasting Authority ; Princeton, N.J. : Films
for the Humanities & Sciences, 1998. 6 videocassettes
(316 min.) : sd., b&w & col. ; 1/2 in. An
historical documentary series on the first fifty
years of the State of Israel. VHS 5681-5686
Totschweigen
[videorecording] = A wall of silence / ein Produktion
der Extrafilm, Wien...[et al.].. Clarksburg,
NJ : Alden Films, [1994?]. 1 videocassette (58 min.)
: sd., col. ; 1/2 in. Near the end of World War
II, a group of apparent SS members ordered a group
of forced laborers to dig ditches for the SS to
use as a mass grave when they executed the last
200 Hungarian Jews left in Rechnitz Austria. Isidor
Sandorffy's attempts to investigate this crime,
carried on by others after his death, encountered
a "wall of silence" from Rechnitz residents and
other witnesses. To date the mass grave has not
been located. VHS 4157
Truth
and consequence [videorecording] / produced by Susan
Dando. [Eugene, Or.] . c1995. 1 videocassette
(18 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. + User guide (1
sheet folded into 4 p. ; 22 cm.) in box. Documentary
on the life of Ana Rosmus, a citizen of Passau Germany.
This video depicts her struggle to force the citizens
of her town and country to acknowledge the truth
of Nazi war crimes. VHS 3887
Underdog
[videorecording] / Jerusalem Capital Studios ; written
& directed [by] Rino Zror & Doron Tsabari.
[Teaneck, N.J.] . c1998. 1 videocassette (79
min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. The Hapoel Beit She'an
soccer team became the pride of its small town when
it made it to "the top" of the league. In 1996,
when the team was on the verge of losing that special
status, the entire town was in mourning. The deciding
game was against the reigning champion, Maccabi
Haifa- and Beit She'an won! More than a film about
soccer, this is about the war between the "haves"
and the "have-nots", the small town against the
big city, the underdog taking on the seasoned champ.
VHS 6247
Visas
and virtue [videorecording] / Visual Communications
; a Cedar Grove production. Los Angeles . c1997.
1 videocassette (26 min.) : b&w with col. sequences
; 1/2 in. Based on fact. Haunted by the sight of
hundreds of Jewish refugees outside the consulate
gates, Consul General Chiune Sugihara, a Japanese
diplomat, and his wife stationed in Kaunas, Lithuania
at the beginning of World War II must decide how
much they are willing to risk. Will he defy his
own government and risk his career by issuing life-saving
transit visas to Jewish refugees? VHS 6147
Voices
of the Shoah [sound recording] : remembrances of
the Holocaust / [written by David Notowitz]. Remembrances
of the Holocaust. Santa Monica, CA . p2000.
4 sound discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 book (99
p. : ill. ; 25 cm.). Audio documentary of the Holocaust
as told by survivors and witnesses. Drawn from more
than 180 interviews recorded between 1988 and 1998,
the stories gathered her testify to the horrors
of the Shoah as well as to the immeasurable strength
of the human spirit. Compact disc. KIT 97
War
on Yom Kippur [videorecording] / a production of
the Israel Film Service. Teaneck, N.J. : Ergo
Media, Inc., c1992. 1 videocassette (30 mins.) :
sd., col. & b&w ; 1/2 in. On October 6,
1973, on Yom Kippur day, the armies of Egypt and
Syria invaded Israel. This documentary uses archival
film footage to show Israel's military and civilian
efforts to repel this surprise attack.. VHS 5687
Warsaw
ghetto [videorecording] / BBC-TV. Burbank, Calif.
: Hollywood's Attic, 1996. 1 videocassette (52 min.)
: sd., b&w ; 1/2 in. Warsaw Ghetto survivor,
Alexander Bernfes narrates this documentary that
presents actual photographs and films which were
taken by cameramen of the German Army, the Secret
Service and the Gestapo who were assigned to record
life and death in the ghetto. 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. VHS 5364
Weapons
of the spirit [videorecording] / Pierre Sauvage
Productions & Friends of Le Chambon, Inc. ;
produced, written and directed by Pierre Sauvage.
New York, NY . 1988, c1986. 1 videocassette
(91 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2
in. Story of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, a small mountain
village in South-central France, and how its citizens
responded to the Nazi terror against the Jews, during
the German occupation of France from 1940-1944,
told through interviews, newsreel footage, photographs
and historical accounts by Jewish filmmaker, Pierre
Sauvage, who was himself born and protected in that
community. VHS 993
West
of Hester Street [videorecording] / a film by Allen
Mondell and Cynthia Salzman Mondell. Teaneck, NJ
. c1990. 1 videocassette (58 min.) : sd., col.
; 1/2 in. When millions of Eastern European Jews
poured into America in the early 1900s, they crowded
into ghettos along the Eastern seaboard. Jewish
leaders, concerned that the U.S. government might
react by closing its doors to these immigrants,
devised a plan (which came to be known as "The Galveston
Movement") to bring thousands of immigrants through
the port of Galveston, Texas, and settle them throughout
American heartland. Film interweaves recreations
of specific events with the personal narrative of
one immigrant. VHS 5640
Where
there is hatred [videorecording]. Maryknoll,
N.Y. : Maryknoll World Video Library, 1990. 1 videocassette
(57 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. In this examination
of nonviolent movements in the Philippines, Chile
and Israel, filmmaker Ilan Ziv portrays on videotape
his own awakening to the power of nonviolence after
the carnage of violent struggles for overcoming
oppression. Live footage of current nonviolent movements
is interspersed with on-site interviews in the three
countries, as well as with Gene Sharp of the Albert
Einstein Institute. VHS 3700
Whose
state? Whose religion? [videorecording] / a production
of IBA-Israel Television. Jerusalem : IBA, Israel
Broadcasting Authority ; Princeton, N.J. : Films
for the Humanities & Sciences, 1998. Tkuma:
the first fifty years ; [4]. 1 videocassette (52
min.) : sd., b&w & col. ; 1/2 in. Part 4
of a historical documentary series on the first
fifty years of the State of Israel. Israel was founded
by Zionists, who viewed Israel as the Promised Land,
but today many Israelis define themselves as a nation,
not as a religion. Does being an Israeli mean embracing
a religion, or is it a national identity? This program
examines this divisive question that has pitted
Israeli against Jew, a question of identity which
continues to shape Israeli politics and society.
VHS 5684
A
Wife from my enemies [videorecording] / in cooperation
with WITF-TV, Harrisburg, PA ; producer/director,
Jan Sedaka. Alexandria, Va. : PBS Video, c1990.
Mirror to the Middle East. 1 videocassette (59 min.)
: sd., col. ; 1/2 in. A sensitive portrayal of three
marriages between Arab men and Israeli women. The
marriages survive despite a climate of tension and
strife, and the cultural, national, and religious
divisions between them. VHS 2994
The
Will to live [videorecording] : Abe Malnick / produced
by the Holocaust Eyewitness Project. Washington,
D.C. : Holocaust Eyewitness Project, [199?] Video
portraits (Holocaust Eyewitness Project). 1 videocassette
(31 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. The film shows Abe
Malnik speaking to a class at Woodrow Wilson High
School. When he was 13, in June, 1941, the Lithuanian
collaborators followed a week later by Nazis invaded
his hometown of Kovno, Lithuania. He succeeded in
hiding for a time, but was eventually forced into
the ghetto, where many people died or were sent
to concentration camps. When the ghetto was liquidated,
he was shipped by cattle car to Stuthof. He survived
five concentration camps, including Dachau and an
underground cement mine, but weighed only 75 pounds
at the end of the war. All of the other members
of his family except his father were killed. VHS
1748
Yehuda
Amichai [videorecording] / the Lannan Foundation
in association with Metropolitan Pictures and EZTV
; produced and directed by Lewis MacAdams and John
Dorr. Los Angeles, CA : The Foundation, c1989.
Lannan literary series ; no. 10. 1 videocassette
(60 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. Israeli poet Yehuda
Amichai reads from his poems and is interviewed
by Esther Robbins. VHS 3210
Yitzhak
Rabin [videorecording] / produced by CBS News Productions
for A&E Network ; executive producer, Josh Howard.
New York, NY . c1995. 1 videocassette (ca. 50
min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. Rare film footage and
interviews with Yitzhak Rabin's longtime friends
and associates provide insight into the life and
legacy of Israel's first native-born Prime Minister.
VHS 3791
A
Young girl in Hitler's Berlin [videorecording] :
the story of Marion F. Wolff / produced by the Dept.
of Educational Media and Technology, Montgomery
County Public Schools for the Montgomery County
Public School's MPCS-TV, Channel 52 ; Center for
Educational Design and Communication of the Society
of the Sacred Heart. Rockville, M.D. : Montgomery
County Public Schools ; Washington, D.C. : distributed
by the Holocaust Eyewitness Project, 1991. Video
portraits (Holocaust Eyewitness Project). 1 videocassette
(35 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. Following an introduction
describing the stages and causes of the Holocaust,
Marion Wolf 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 arrest, disappearances
and murders after Kristallnacht. She points out
that U.S. immigration policy made it impossible
to save large numbers of Jews. VHS 1746
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