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The pioneer Jews of San Francisco arrived from Germany during the Gold Rush and were instrumental in building the city. The roles they were relegated to in the Old World -- peddler and petty merchant -- were highly value
"The Last Jewel" is a 1949 film co-directed by Paul Zils and Fali Bilimoria. Specific details about the film's plot and content are scarce, and it appears that the film may be lost.
Documentarian Hershey Felder explores the history and significance of Venice's Jewish Ghetto.
In 1943 Herbert and Lotte Strauss made the courageous decision to escape from Germany and almost certain extermination in a Nazi concentration camp. This is a personal account of their dramatic flight, building a new lif
The hero of the film, Mark, the last of the old Jewish family living in Russia and then in the USSR, emigrates to his historical homeland in the early 90s. Under a formal pretext, before leaving, Mark literally comes to
It is Chief Inspector Sara Stein's first case in Tel Aviv. That nobody here has been waiting for her is quickly made clear by her colleagues Shimon Ben Godin and Jakoov Blok. Nevertheless, she is given the assignment to
With the help of a friend, Adam searches through his subconscious hoping to free himself from a traumatic event that has left him mentally imprisoned for months.
Action comedy about two men on a journey to recover the stolen family jewels of aging mobster boss Frank Mancini. So he can rest in peace - in one piece! -
Superstar singer/songwriter Jewel did not win success without great personal sacrifice, as we learn from the artist herself and those close to her in this documentary chronicling the early, hardscrabble years of her musi
Struggling with their own proverbial “YidLife Crisis,” two Montrealers on the cusp of middle age return to Montreal to discover their own mixed-up heritage in the story of Jewish Montreal, as told through an entire day's
In a small Catholic town, lonely vampyr Laura finds love in an unexpected place when a nice Jewish girl named Hannah materialises in her life.
Filmed at great personal risk, this documentary exposes the plight of "the last tribe of Israel", the Falashas of Ethiopia. They are persecuted by the Ethiopians for being Jewish and subject also to Israeli discriminatio
A prime minister tries to compromise the queen by preventing her from recovering the jewel miniature which she had given to her former lover.
A teenager living in suburbia finds a jewellery-case and it changes his life. A tribute to Spielberg and "E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial".
Documentary looking at the life and creative development of composer Arvo Pärt. It is suitable for those who are hearing Arvo Pärt’s name for the first time and, with its vast amount of photographic material, will also i
There Are Jews Here follows the untold stories of four once thriving American Jewish communities that are now barely holding on. Most American Jews live in large cities where they are free to define themselves in any wa
Jewish cemetery in Riga, Latvia became a park in the 1960s. Now the park becomes a place for alcoholics and American tourists, but still he last witness of violent history. A film dedicated to Jewish community.
Provides a personal narrative of the Jewish experience in America. Herschel Bernardi explains how the Jewish East Side deliberately abolished itself through hard work, union organizations and the desire "to be American."
Russian immigrant Natan finds out that his wife had an affair with his best friend. He travels to Russia intending to kill his friend and regain his honor, but his son and the local “mafia” bring it all to a romantic end