Jewish Heritage in VHS
Almonds and Raisins. Director Russ Karel and narrator Orson Welles reveal how Yiddish cinema reflected immigrant life. 1983. 90 min. VH2/ALMO-0002.
American Matchmaker. Matchmaker Leo Fuchs falls in love with one of his clients in Edgar G. Ulmer's Yiddish feature. Subtitled. 1940. 87 min. VH1/AMER-0009.
American Playhouse: The Cafeteria. Amram Nowak adapts Isaac Bashevis Singer story's story about a Holocaust survivor awkwardly seeking romance. 1984. 60 min. VH2/AMER-0006.
Angry Harvest. Catholic farmer Armin Mueller-Stahl shelters Elisabeth Trissenaar, a Jew fleeing the Nazis, in Agnieszka Holland's film. Subtitled. 1987. 102 min. VH1/ANGR-0001.
Anne Frank. Robert Dornheim's docudrama stars Hannah Taylor Gordon as Anne and Ben Kingsley as her father, Otto. 2001. 189 min. VH1/ANNE-0002 OR -0003.
Anne Frank Remembered. Jon Blair's Oscar-winning documentary reveals the tragic fate of the Jewish teenager who hid from the Nazis in an attic in Holland. 1995. 117 min. VH3/ANNE-0001.
Anne Frank: The Missing Chapter. The recovery of five pages torn from Anne Frank's diary by her father Otto sheds new light on Anne's tragic story. Bernard Hammelburg directed. 1998. 45 min. VH3/ANNE-0002.
The Apprenticeship of Mordecai Richler. The creator of Duddy Kravitz reminisces in Alan Handel's program. 1986. 57 min. VH2/APPR-0001.
The Architecture of Doom. Bruno Ganz narrates Peter Cohen's documentary, which views the Nazi atrocities as an outgrowth of Adolf Hitler's aesthetic. 1991. 119 min. VH3/ARCH-0001.
The Art of Remembrance: Simon Wiesenthal. Johanna Heer and Werner Schmiedel profile the Holocaust survivor who brought Nazi war criminals to justice. 1994. 99 min. VH3/ARTO-0001.
As If It Were Yesterday. Myriam Abramowicz and Esther Hoffenberg reveal how Belgians saved four thousand Jewish children. 1980. 85 min. VH3/ASIF-0001.
Assignment Rescue: The Story of Varian Fry and the Emergency Rescue Committee. Meryl Streep narrates Richard Kaplan's documentary about the journalist who saved some two thousand refugees from the Nazis. 1997. 26 min. VH3/ASSI-0001.
At the Crossroads: Jews in Eastern Europe. Klezmer violinist Yale Strom visits Eastern European Jews who survived the Holocaust. 1989. 59 min. VH3/ATTH-0001.
Bach in Auschwitz. Eleven Holocaust survivors recall how their musical talents saved them from extermination. A film by Michel Daeron. 1999. 105 min. VH3/BACH-0001.
Bambinger. Doug Jackson directs Mordecai Richler's tale about a young Jewish refugee in 1940s Montreal. 1985. 28 min. VH2/BAMB-0001.
Bar Yohai ; Cycle ; Blue, a Tlingit Odyssey. Robert Ascher tells three myths (Hebrew, Wulamba and Tlingit) with simple, nearly abstract animation. 1986-88. 17 min. VH2/BARY-0004.
Basic Hebrew. A two-tape set by Gershon Gershon. 1985. 141 min. VH4/BASI-0020.
Benjamin and the Miracle of Hanukah. A boy is sent to fetch oil for the temple in Myrna Ravitz' cartoon. 24 min. VH9/BENJ-0005.
The Bent Tree. A Yiddish fable animated by Sally Heckel. 1979. 4 min. VH2/BENT-0001.
The Big Winner. Zypora Spaisman and David Rogow perform in Rina Elisha's Yiddish musical, inspired by Sholom Aleichem. Subtitled. 1989. 112 min. VH2/BIGW-0001.
Biography: Moses and the Ten Commandments. Steven R. Talley honors the great Biblical leader. 1996. 100 min. VH3/BIOG-0020.
Biography: Moshe Dayan: A Warrior's Story. Harrison Engle profiles the Israeli statesman who fought for peace. 1966. 50 min. VH3/BIOG-0014.
Biography: Yitzhak Rabin: Soldier of Peace. Peter Doyle salutes the Israeli prime minister. 1995. 50 min. VH3/BIOG-0012.
Breaking the Silence: The Generation After the Holocaust. A film by Edward A. Mason and Eva Fogelman. 1984. 58 min. VH3/BREA-0001.
A Brivele der Maman (A Letter to Mother). Joseph Green's Yiddish film about an immigrant family. Subtitled. 1938. 100 min. VH1/BRIV-0001.
Brighton Beach. Carol Stein visits the Jews, Italians and Puerto Ricans of the Brooklyn neighborhood. 1980. 54 min. VH6/BRIG-0001.
The Cantor's Son. Singer Moishe Oysher plays a homesick immigrant in Ilya Motyleff's Yiddish film. Subtitled. 1937. 90 min. VH1/CANT-0002.
Carpati: 50 Miles, 50 Years. Zev Godinger looks back on the Jewish and Gypsy cultures of the Carpathian Mountains, which were nearly eradicated by the Holocaust. Writer/director Yale Strom also composed the score. 1996. 80 min. VH3/CARP-0001.
Chanukah. A children's tape featuring puppets, songs and stories, from Israeli Educational TV. 1989. 30 min. VH9/CHAN-0001.
Chasing Shadows. Forty-five years after the Holocaust, filmmaker Naomi Gryn documents her father Hugo's return to Berehovo, Czechoslovakia. 1990. 52 min. VH3/CHAS-0002.
Children of Jerusalem: Tamar. Beverly Shaffer visits a 12-year-old girl who is helping her newly arrived Russian cousins integrate into Israeli life. [1992]. 29 min. VH9/CHIL-0014.
Children of Jerusalem: Yacoub. Beverly Shaffer speaks with a 9-year-old Palestinian boy living in the Christian quarter of Jerusalem. 1992. 26 min. VH9/CHIL-0015.
Conspiracy. Frank Pierson recreates the meeting in which the SS implemented the "Final Solution." Kenneth Branagh, Stanley Tucci and Colin Firth star. 2001. 96 min. VH1/CONS-0003.
Dark Lullabies. Irene Lillenheim Angelico, a child of concentration camp survivors, profiles a generation haunted by their parents' experiences. 1985. 82 min. VH3/DARK-0001.
A Day in the Warsaw Ghetto: A Birthday Trip in Hell. Jack Kuper's film about the discovery of a German sergeant's long-lost photographs the Warsaw Ghetto. 1991. 30 min. VH3/DAYI-0001.
Diamonds in the Snow. Jews remember their traumatic experiences as young survivors of the Holocaust. Directed by Mira Reym Binford. 1994. 59 min. VH3/DIAM-0001.
The Diary of Anne Frank. Millie Perkins, Joseph Schildkraut, Shelley Winters and Richard Beymer star in George Stevens' film. 1959. 170 min. VH1/DIAR-0006.
Displaced Person ; Cooperation of Parts. Two films by Daniel Eisenberg, son of Holocaust survivors. 1981/87. 52 min. VH2/DISP-0001.
Disraeli. George Arliss won an Oscar playing the Jewish Prime Minister of England. Directed by Alfred E. Green. 1929. 87 min. VH1/DISR-0001.
Divided We Fall. In Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia, a childless couple "adopt" a Jewish neighbor and hide him in their apartment. Jan Hrebejk directed. Subtitled. 2000. 122 min. VH1/DIVI-0001.
The Dybbuk. A wandering spirit enters a bride's body in Michal Waszynski's Yiddish fantasy. Subtitled. 1937. 120 min. VH1/DYBB-0001.
Early Russian Cinema: Volume 4: Provincial Variations includes Evgenii Slavinskii's 1912 short, The Wedding Day. 1992. 55 min. VH2/EARL-0005.
Elie Wiesel's Jerusalem. The Nobel Prize-winner leads a tour in John McGeevy's travelogue. 1978. 25 min. VH7/ELIE-0001.
Enemies, A Love Story. Paul Mazursky directs Ron Silver as a Holocaust survivor juggling three romances. Based on I.B. Singer's book. 1989. 121 min. VH1/ENEM-0001.
Escape or Die: Stories of Young People Who Survived the Holocaust. Storyteller Ina R. Friedman recites three tales of survival. Julie Mallozzi directed. 2002. 44 min. VH2/ESCA-0001.
Europa, Europa. Jewish teenager Marco Hofschneider survives WWII by pretending to be a Russian Communist and a German Nazi. Directed by Agnieszka Holland. Subtitled. 1991. 115 min. VH1/EURO-0001.
The Exiles. Richard Kaplan speaks with political refugees from Nazi Germany who came to America before the outbreak of WWII. 1989. 116 min. VH3/EXIL-0001.
Exodus. Paul Newman, Eva Marie Saint and Ralph Richardson star in Otto Preminger's epic, based on Leon Uris' novel about the founding of Israel. 1960. 213 min. VH1/EXOD-0001.
Fiddler on the Roof. Norman Jewison directs Topol and Molly Picon in the film version of the Broadway musical. 1971. 184 min. VH1/FIDD-0001 or -0002.
For the Living. Historians and curators travel to Auschsitz-Birkenau, the forests of Poland and the streets of Warsaw in preparation for the design for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. A program by Jeffrey Bieber. 1993. 57 min. VH3/FORT-0001.
Forbidden Marriages in the Holy Land. Eight couples in mixed marriages reveal how they face intolerence from their fellow Christians, Jews and Muslims. Michel Khleifi directed. Letterboxed. Subtitled. 1995. 66 min. VH6/FORB-0002.
Forests of Valour. The Jewish underground, resistance fighters and partisans fought the German army while hiding in the forests of Eastern Europe. Zvi Godel's documentary includes archival footage only recently declassified by Russian military museums. 1989. 52 min. VH3/FORE-0001.
Forget Me Not: The Anne Frank Story. Learn about the Holocaust through the eyes of a teenaged neo-Nazi (Ivan Borodin) transported back in time to 1944 Amsterdam, where he meets Anne Frank (Jenny Krochmal). Fred Holmes directed. 1996. 62 min. VH3/FORG-0001.
The Forward: From Immigrants to Americans. Marlene Booth chronicles the Jewish Daily Forward, a Yiddish newspaper that helped countless immigrants adapt to life in America. 1990. 58 min. VH3/FORW-0001.
Fragments of Isabella. Actress/playwright Gabrielle Reidy portrays Holocaust survivor Isabella Leitner in a stage production directed by Ronan O'Leary. 1994. 72 min. VH2/FRAG-0001.
Free Voice of Labor: The Jewish Anarchists. Steven Fischler and Joel Sucher document immigrants who founded trade unions. 1980. 55 min. VH3/FREE-0001.
Frontline: Shtetl. Two elderly Polish-American Jews return to their families' shtetl, where 2,500 Jews lived before most were sent to the Treblinka gas chambers. Marian Marzynski directed. 1996. 176 min. VH3/FRON-0001.
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis. An aristocratic Jewish family encounters fascism in pre-WWII Italy. Dubbed. 1970. 79 min. VH1/GARD-0001.
A Generation Twice Removed. Two groups of students, one from the U.S. and the other from Germany, embark on a joint visit to Auschwitz Concentration Camp Memorial, and put on a play, Terezin, Children of the Holocaust. Ulrike Hemberger and Rainer Hellfritzsch directed. 1997. 43 min. VH3/GENE-0003.
Genghis Cohn. Robert Lindsay plays the ghost of Genghis Cohn, a Jewish comedian who was murdered in a concentration camp. Elijah Moshinsky directed this black comedy. 1993. 80 min. VH1/GENG-0001.
Gentleman's Agreement. Journalist Gregory Peck poses as a Jew to investigate antisemitism in Elia Kazan's Oscar-winner. 1947. 118 min. VH1/GENT-0002.
The Gingerbread Revolution. The filming of The Last Butterfly, a docudrama about a clown sent to the Terezin concentration camp, is disrupted by political turmoil in Eastern Europe. Directed by David Boulton. 1990. 52 min. VH2/GING-0002.
The Golden Age of Second Avenue. Director Morton Silverstein traces the history of the Yiddish theater. 1968. 70 min. VH2/GOLD-0001.
The Golem. German director Paul Wegener also stars as the clay giant designed to protect Jews from persecution. Silent with music score. 1920. 118 min. VH1/GOLE-0001.
The Golem. Julien Duvivier's French remake, filmed in Czechoslovakia, features Harry Baur and Roger Karl. Subtitled. 1936. 96 min. VH1/GOLE-0002.
Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg. Diplomat Raoul Wallenberg (Stellan Skarsgard) rescues 65,000 Hungarian Jews from the Holocaust. A film by Kjell Grede. Subtitled. 1990. 115 min. VH1/GOOD-0013.
Great Writers: Isaac Bashevis Singer: About a Hidden God. Isy Morgensztern profiles the Polish-born American writer of Yiddish tales. 1996. 49 min. VH2/GREA-0018.
Green Fields. Jacob Ben-Ami and Edgar G. Ulmer's Yiddish film about a Hasidic scholar revitalized by a stay with country peasants. Subtitled. 1937. 120 min. VH1/GREE-0003.
Half the Kingdom. Jewish women discuss feminist values in Francine E. Zuckerman and Roushell N. Goldstein's film. 1990. 59 min. VH6/HALF-0001.
A Hanukah Celebration: Candle Unto Candle. Danny Walin explains the Festival of Lights to children. 1987. 25 min. VH9/HANU-0001.
The Hasidim (Lubavitch-Chabad). Vincent R. Tortora looks at the history and traditions of this
Jewish community of New York. 1972. 29 min. VH6/HASI-0001.
Heritage: Civilization and the Jews. Abba Eban hosts John G. Fox's 9-part, 9-hour series. 1984. VH3/HERI-0001 through -0009.
Hester Street. Immigrants Carol Kane and Steven Keats try to adapt to life on the Lower East Side in Joan Micklin Silver's movie. 1974. 89 min. VH1/HEST-0001.
His Wife's Lover. An actor (Ludwig Satz) tests the loyalty of his lover (Lucy Levine) in Sidney M. Goldin's Yiddish musical comedy. Subtitled. 1931. 77 min. VH1/HISW-0001.
Hitler's Germany. Raye Farr's series chronicles the rise and fall of the Third Reich. 1975. 154 min. VH3/HITL-0001 through -0003.
Holocaust: The Story of the Family Weiss. Marvin J. Chomsky's miniseries, about two German families facing the horrors of World War II, features Rosemary Harris, Michael Moriarty, Meryl Streep, James Woods, Joseph Bottoms, Marius Goring, and Sam Wanamaker. 1978. 450 min. VH2/HOLO-0001.
Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie. Marcel Ophuls tracks the notorious Nazi. 1988. 267 min. VH3/HOTE-0001.
The House on Chelouche Street. A labor walkout and an affair with an older woman mark the coming of age of Sami, a 15-year-old immigrant living in Israel during in 1946. A Moshe Mizrahi film. Subtitled. 1973. 111 min. VH1/HOUS-0017.
How to Read Hebrew (And Love It!). A program by Helen Ducoff. 1994. 120 min. VH4/HOWT-0027.
How to Trace Your Jewish Roots: A Journey with Arthur Kurzweil. Eric Goldman directed. 1995. 33 min. VH4/HOWT-0031.
I Love You Rosa. A drama by Moshe Mizrahi, set in 1887 Israel. Dubbed. 1972. 90 min. VH1/ILOV-0002.
Image Before My Eyes. Josh Waletsky recreates Jewish life in Poland from the 19th century to the 1930s. 1980. 90 min. VH3/IMAG-0001.
In the Shadow of the Riech: Nazi Medicine. German racial theories and eugenic principles led the medical professionals of the Third Reich down the road to genocide. A documentary by John J. Michalczyk. 1997. 54 min. VH3/INTH-0002.
Intimate Stranger. Alan Berliner's grandfather, a Palestinian Jew raised in Egypt, left his family in Brooklyn while he went to Japan to work. 1991. 60 min. VH6/INTI-0002.
Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransports. Learn how ten thousand Jewish children were saved from the Holocaust in Mark Jonathan Harris' Oscar-winning documentary. 2000. 117 min. VH3/INTO-0001.
Isa: The People's Diva. Russian-born singer Isa Kremer brought Yiddish songs to concert stages around the world and faced decades of political turmoil with unwavering determination. A film directed by Ted Schillinger and Nina Feinberg and produced by Selma Gordon. 2000. 56 min. VH2/ISAT-0001.
Isaac in America: A Journey with Isaac Bashevis Singer. Amram Nowak visits the author. 1986. 58 min. VH2/ISAA-0002.
Itzhak Perlman: In the Fiddler's House. The classical violinist apprentices himself to young klezmer revivalists in this tape by Don Lenzer and Glenn DuBose. 1995. 55 min. VH2/ITZH-0002.
Israel: The Holy Land. Michael Greenspan's travelogue from the Video Visits series is also known as This Land of God. 1986. 60 min. VH7/ISRA-0001.
Ivan and Abraham (Moi Ivan, Toi Abraham). When their families object to their friendship, Jewish Abraham and Christian Ivan run away from their shtetl. A film from Poland by writer/director Yolande Zauberman. Subtitled. 1993. 105 min. VH1/IVAN-0004.
Jerusalem. Martin Gilbert hosts Herbert Krosney's history of the city, from the dawn of civilization to today. 1996. 138 min. VH3/JERU-0001.
The Jester. A drifter loves a shoemaker's daughter in Joseph Green and Jan Nowina-Przybylski's Yiddish film. Subtitled. 1937. 90 min. VH1/JEST-0001.
The Jew. Although popular author Antonio Jose de Silva (Felipe Pinheiro) has converted to Catholicism, the Inquisition charges him with secretly practicing Judaism. Job Tob Azulay directed this Portuguese drama. Letterboxed. Subtitled. 1995. 85 min. VH1/JEW*-0001.
The Jewish Customs. Steve Edwards' tape covers the Sabbath, the menorah, the mezuzah, the shofar, kashrut and zedakah. 1988. 50 min. VH6/JEWI-0001.
Jewish Holidays Video Guide. Ed Asner, Monty Hall and Theodore Bikel celebrate each major holiday. 75 min. VH4/JEWI-0001.
The Jewish Mothers Video Cookbook: Volume I. Jackie Frazin and Joanne Pepper prepare 15 dishes in Bob Simon's tape. 1986. 90 min. VH4/JEWI-0002 or -0003.
The Jewish Museum: A Special View. Marjory and Robert Potts examine four thousand years of art and artifacts. 1984. 18 min. VH2/JEWI-0001.
The Jews of Boston. Native son Leonard Nimoy narrates Lorie Conway's video. 1996. 58 min. VH3/JEWS-0001.
Journey to Prague. David Cherniak visits the exhibition Precious Legacy, which evokes a lost Jewish community. 1987. 27 min. VH3/JOUR-0001.
A Jumpin' Night in the Garden of Eden. Two bands revive klezmer music in Michal Goldman's exuberant film. 1988. 76 min. VH2/JUMP-0001.
Kadosh (Sacred). In the ultra-Orthodox quarter of Jerusalem, two sisters - Rivka (childless after ten years of marriage) and Malka (in love with a non-Orthodox man) meet their fates. Amos Gitai directed. Subtitled. 1999. 117 min. VH1/KADO-0001.
Kippur by Amos Gitai. Two Israeli soldiers, Liron Levo and Tomer Ruso, experience life and death during one day of the Yom Kippur War. Subtitled. 2000. 123 min. VH1/KIPP-0001.
Korczak. Wojtek Pszoniak plays physician Janusz Korczak, who tried to prevent the Nazis from deporting orphans to concentration camps. Agnieszka Holland scripted this true story for director Andrzej Wajda. Subtitled. 1990. 118 min. VH1/KORC-0001.
The Last Butterfly. Captured by the Nazis, a French actor (Tom Courtenay) is sent to the concentration camp at Terezin, where he must rehearse a group of children for what will be their last performance. Karel Kachyna directed. 1994. 106 min. VH1/LAST-0011.
The Last Jews of Yemen: The People of the Bible. Members of the oldest Jewish colony in the world struggle to survive and maintain traditions. A film by Larry Frisch. [1994]. 43 min. VH6/LAST-0003.
The Last Klezmer. 89-year-old klezmer musician Leopold Kozlowsky returns for the first time to the Polish village he fled fifty years ago. A film by Yale Strom. 1994. 84 min. VH2/LAST-0007.
The Last Marranos. In 1497, 200,000 Portuguese Jews converted to Christianity to escape massacre. Frederic Brenner and Stan Neumann visit the surviving "Marranos." 1990. 65 min. VH6/LAST-0002.
Late Summer Blues. Seven Israeli high school graduates spend one last summer together before their impending induction into the army. Renen Schorr directed. 1987. 101 min. VH1/LATE-0004.
Legendary Voices: Cantors of Yesteryear. Joseph Seiden's compilation features Mordechai Hersman, Adolph Katchko, Samuel Malavsky, Moishe Oysher, David Roitman, and others. 1991. 55 min. VH2/LEGE-0002.
Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II. William Miles and Nina Rosenblum's controversial documentary about the role of black troops in the liberation of concentration camps. 1992. 90 min. VH3/LIBE-0001.
The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg. Aviva Kempner profiles the first Jewish baseball star. 1999. 95 min. VH8/LIFE-0001.
A Life Apart: Hasidism in America. Leonard Nimoy and Sarah Jessica Parker narrate Menachem Dawm and Oren Rudavsky's documentary. 1997. 95 min. VH6/LIFE-0001.
Life Is Beautiful (La Vita È Bella). Jewish waiter Roberto Benigni (who also directed) protects his son from the horrors of the Holocaust by pretending that their trip to the concentration camp is all a game. 1997. 116 min. VH1/LIFE-0013 or -0014.
The Life of Anne Frank. Wouter van der Sluis recounts the story of the Jewish girl who hid in an attic from the Nazis. 1987. 25 min. VH3/LIFE-0002.
The Light Ahead. Traveling bookseller David Opatoshu helps a lame man and a blind woman get married in Edgar G. Ulmer's Yiddish tale. Subtitled. 1939. 94 min. VH1/LIGH-0002.
Lights: A Hanukkah Video. Celebrations past and present, with the voices of Leonard Nimoy, Judd Hirsch and Paul Michael Glazer. 23 min. VH9/LIGH-0001.
Lilly: An Eyewitness Account of the Annexation of Austria. A Jewish Austrian recounts the 1938 onslaught of Nazi troops. 1988. 26 min. VH3/LILL-0001.
Lodz Ghetto. Alan Adelson combines interviews, archival film footage, secret diaries and clandestine photographs to reveal the fate of the 200,000 Jews of Lodz, Poland. 1992. 118 min. VH3/LODZ-0001.
The Long Way Home. Mark Jonathan Harris' Oscar-winning documentary depicts the harrowing years that the Jewish people faced between the end of World War II and the formation of Israel. Morgan Freeman narrates. 1997. 120 min. VH3/LONG-0001.
The Lost Children of Berlin. In 1942, the last Jewish school in Berlin was shut down by the Gestapo. In 1996, fifty of its former students traveled from around the world to visit the recently reopened school. Anthony Hopkins narrates Elizabeth McIntyre's documentary. 1997. 56 min. VH3/LOST-0011.
Mamele (Little Mother). Molly Picon cares for her family in Joseph Green and Konrad Tom's Yiddish film. Subtitled. 1939. 95 min. VH1/MAME-0001.
The Man Without a World. Eleanor Anton's ode to silent movies and Yiddish cinema tells the story of virtuous Rukheleh, indolent poet Zevi and the sultry gypsy dancer who comes between them. Silent with musical score. 1991. 98 min. VH1/MANW-0015.
Masada. In 72 A.D., Zealot Jews escape the Roman sacking of Jerusalem by taking refuge in a mountain fortress. Boris Sagal's telefilm stars Peter O'Toole and Peter Strauss. 1981. 131 min. VH1/MASA-0001.
A Match Made in Heaven. Yankele Alperin's Yiddish musical comedy about a small-town marriage. Subtitled. 1987. 118 min. VH2/MATC-0001.
Memories of the Shtetl. The paintings of Samuel Rothbort evoke the lost world of the Jewish shtetls of White Russia. A film by Harriet Semegram. 1989. 22 min. VH3/MEMO-0001.
Mendel. Homeless after World War II, a German Jewish family starts a new life in Norway. Alexander Rosler directed. Subtitled. 1997. 95 min. VH1/MEND-0003.
The Milky Way by Ali Nassr. Arab villagers in the Galilee must cope with strict Israeli rule. Subtitled. 1997. 104 min. VH1/MILK-0003.
Miracle at Moreaux. In 1943 France, three Jewish children seek refuge in a Catholic school. Directed by Paul Shapiro. 1985. 58 min. VH2/MIRA-0001.
Mirele Efros. Berta Gersten clashes with her daughter-in-law in Josef Berne's Yiddish drama. Subtitled. 1938. 91 min. VH1/MIRE-0001.
Miss Rose White. Polish immigrant Rose White (formerly Rayzel Weiss) finds that she cannot keep her tragic past hidden. Kyra Sedgwick stars in Joseph Sargent's telefilm. 1991. 100 min. VH1/MISS-0013.
Molly's Pilgrim. A young Russian/Jewish immigrant celebrates Thanksgiving in Jeff Brown's film. 1985. 24 min. VH9/MOLL-0001.
Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. Meet a self-taught execution expert hired by neo-Nazi officials to prove that the Holocaust never occurred. An Errol Morris film. 1999. 92 min. VH3/MRDE-0001.
Mr. Klein. Joseph Losey directs Alain Delon and Jeanne Moreau in this tale of a Catholic art dealer mistaken for a Jew by the Nazis. Dubbed. 1977. 122 min. VH1/MRKL-0001.
My Knees Were Jumping: Remembering the Kindertransports. During World War II, Jewish parents saved thousands of children by sending them as refugees to England. Most children never saw their parents again. Filmmaker Melissa Hacker's mother was saved by the kindertransports. 1995. 76 min. VH3/MYKN-0001.
The Mystery of Josef Mengele. The notorious "Angel of Death" eluded Nazi hunters in South America. A program by Dan Setton. 1995. 46 min. VH3/MYST-0015.
Nana: Un Portrait. Louise Zilkha, grandmother of filmmaker Jamil Simon, recalls her life in Baghdad, Beirut, Cairo and New York. Subtitled. 1972. 23 min. VH6/NANA-0002.
Nanes Holocaust Symphony No. 3. This work and others by American composer Richard Nanes. Directed by Gregory K. Squires. 1994. 60 min. VH2/NANE-0001.
National Geographic: Jerusalem: Within These Walls. Miriam Birch visits the city and meets its diverse peoples. 1986. 59 min. VH7/NATI-0005.
Night and Fog. Alain Resnais' small masterpiece about the Holocaust explores questions of past, present and memory. Subtitled. 1955. 30 min. VH3/NIGH-0001.
Nova: Holocaust on Trial. Leslie Woodhead reconstructs the courtroom proceedings in which British historian David John Cawdell Irving claimed that the Holocaust was a myth. Ian Holm narrates. 2000. 55 min. VH3/NOVA-0003.
Nova: Lost Tribes of Israel. Today, people from as far away as Japan, India and South Africa claim to be descendants of Israel's Lost Tribes, banished by the Assyrians nearly three thousand years ago. Chris Hale and David Espar produced; Liev Schreiber narrates. 2000. 55 min. VH3/NOVA-0004.
Now... After All These Years. Harold Luders and Paul Schnabel reveal the effects of the Nazi regime on the German town of Rhina. 1981. 60 min. VH3/NOWA-0001.
The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick. A Jewish 12-year-old grows up in 1960s Canada in Allan A. Goldstein's movie. 1988. 95 min. VH1/OUTS-002.
Overture to Glory. Cantor Moishe Oysher wins fame as an opera star in Max Nosseck's Yiddish film. Subtitled. 1940. 85 min. VH1/OVER-0002.
Partisans of Vilna. Josh Waletsky pays tribute to the Jewish Resistance fighters of World War II. 1987. 130 min. VH3/PART-0001.
A Passover Seder. Elie Wiesel hosts Ernest Schultz' celebration for children and their families. 1994. 26 min. VH9/PASS-0001 or -0002.
The Pawnbroker. Harlem pawnbroker Rod Steiger is haunted by concentration camp memories in Sidney Lumet's drama. 1965. 116 min. VH1/PAWN-0002.
The Plot Against Harry. Michael Roemer's comedy about a Jewish numbers runner (Martin Priest) getting out of jail was filmed in 1969 but not released for twenty years. 81 min. VH1/PLOT-0001.
A Portrait of Elie Weisel: In the Shadow of Flames. Erwin Leiser talks to Weisel about the Holocaust. 1989. 60 min. VH3/PORT-0001.
The Quarrel. Holocaust survivors Saul Rubinek and R.H. Thomson reunite in Eli Cohen's adaptation of a Chaim Grade story. 19990. 90 min. VH1/QUAR-0003.
Raoul Wallenberg: Buried Alive. David Harel and Aaron Wayne profile the Swede who saved thousands of Hungarian Jews. 1984. 59 min. VH3/RAOU-0001.
The Restless Conscience: Resistance to Hitler Within Germany, 1933-1945. Hava Kohav Beller salutes German resistance fighters. 1990. 113 min. VH3/REST-0001 or -0002.
The Righteous Enemy. Joseph Rochlitz salutes the Italian officials who defied Mussolini's orders and prevented the deportation of some 40,000 Jews. 1987. 84 min. VH3/RIGH-0001.
Routes of Exile: A Moroccan Jewish Odyssey. Eugene Rosow visits a 2000-year-old Jewish community struggling to survive in Arab Morocco. 1982. 90 min. VH6/ROUT-0001.
Saint Clara ; Personal Goals. A teenaged Russian immigrant's powers of clairvoyance disrupt an Israeli town in Ori Sivan and Ari Folman's Saint Clara (85 min.). A father hopes his son will become a soccer star in Ran Carmelli's Personal Goals (16 min.). Subtitled. 1996. 101 min. VH1/SAIN-0001.
Say I'm a Jew. American children of Holocaust survivors examine their ambivilent acceptance of their Jewish heritage. A program by Pier Marton. 1985. 28 min. VH6/SAYI-0001.
Schindler. Dirk Bogarde narrates Jon Blair's documentary about the man who saved eleven hundred Jews from the Nazi death camps. [1994]. 82 min. VH3/SCHI-0001.
Schindler's List. Steven Spielberg's Oscar-winning docudrama stars Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley and Ralph Fiennes. 1993. 197 min. VH1/SHCH-0001 and 0002 are full-screen; VH1/SCHI-0003 is letterboxed.
Sea of Dreams. Israel's Sea of Galilee draws visitors for its inspiration, recreation and beauty. A tape by Etan Tal. 1991. 28 min. VH7/SEAO-0001.
Searching for God in America: Rabbi Harold Kushner. He explored the relationship between individuals and God in his first book, When Bad Things Happen to Good People. Hugh Hewitt hosts Martin Burns' program. 1996. 27 min. VH6/SEAR-0003.
The Secret in Bubbie's Attic. Eva Grayzel presents stories and songs about a torah, a shofar, a Hanukah menorah, and a very special piece of cloth. 1991. 43 min. VH9/SECR-0003.
The Secret Files: Washington, Israel and the Gulf. Henry Maldonado uncovers secret agreements made by presidents Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, and Kennedy. 1992. 58 min. VH3/SECR-0001.
Shalom Sesame. The Sesame Street gang join Itzhak Perlman and Bonnie Franklin in the Holy Land. 1986. 2 1/2 hr. VH9/SHAL-0001 through -0005.
Shayna Maidels: Orthodox Jewish Teenage Girls. In a twist on typical teen rebellion, three Los Angeles girls decide to become Orthodox Jews. Directed by Lisa M. Kors. 1991. 24 min. VH6/SHAY-0001.
Shoah. Survivors remember the Holocaust in Claude Lanzmann's epic documentary. 1985. 9 1/2 hr. Subtitled. VH3/SHOA-0001 through -0005.
The Shop on Main Street. Jan Kadar and Elmar Klos directed this Czech film about a Nazi-appointed "Aryan controller" and a Jewish widow. Subtitled. 1965. 126 min. VH1/SHOP-0001.
The Singing Blacksmith. Edgar G. Ulmer's Yiddish musical about a womanizing blacksmith (Moishe Oysher) is set in Eastern Europe but was filmed in New Jersey. Subtitled. 1937. 96 min. VH1/SING-0003.
Sofie. Actress Liv Ullmann makes her directorial debut with this film about a Jewish woman (Karen-Lise Mynster) rebelling against tradition in 19th century Denmark. Subtitled. 1992. 151 min. VH1/SOFI-0001.
The Sorrow and the Pity. Marcel Ophuls' epic documentary about the Holocaust. Subtitled. 1970. 260 min. VH3/SORR-0001.
Sorrow: The Nazi Legacy. Six Swedish teenagers visit Wannsee and Auschwitz in an attempt to understand the Holocaust. Directed by Gregor Nowinski. 1992. 33 min. VH3/SORR-0002.
The Summer of Aviya. Writer/producer/actress Gila Almagor adapted her autobiographical novel about life in 1950s Israel. Eli Cohen directed. Subtitled. 1988. 96 min. VH1/SUMM-0007.
Sunshine. Ralph Fiennes plays three generations of a Jewish family caught in the upheavals of the war-torn twentieth century. Istvan Szabo's epic co-stars Rosemary Harris, Rachel Weisz, Jennifer Ehle, Deborah Kara Unger, Molly Parker, and William Hurt. 1999. 177 min. VH1/SUNS-0005.
Survivors of the Holocaust. Allan Holzman's documentary compiles archival footage, photographs, music and interviews Shoah survivors. 1995. 70 min. VH3/SURV-0001.
Tango of Slaves. Israeli filmmaker Ilan Ziv plumbs his father's memories of the Warsaw ghetto and the Holocaust. 1993. 111 min. VH3/TANG-0001.
Tell Me a Riddle. Lee Grant adapts the Tillie Olsen novella about the memories of a dying woman (Lila Kedrova). 1980. 94 min. VH1/TELL-0001.
Terezin Diary. Dan Weismann's documentary about the Nazi's concentration camp in Czechoslovakia. 1990. 88 min. VH3/TERE-0001.
Tevya. Director Maurice Schwartz also stars as Shalom Aleichem's beloved milkman. In Yiddish with English subtitles. 1939. 80 min. VH1/TEVY-0001.
There Once Was a Town. Four survivors and their families return to the small town of Eishyshok, Poland (now Lithuania), where, in 1941, nearly all of the 3,500 Jewish residents were massacred by the Nazis. Edward Asner narrates Jeffrey Bieber's documentary. 2000. 87 min. VH3/THER-0002.
Theresienstadt: Gateway to Auschwitz: Recollections from Childhood. Tomas Fantl, Greta Hofmeister and Rosemary Vogel speak with concentration camp survivors. 1988. 58 min. VH3/THER-0001.
They Came for Good: A History of Jews in the United States. Director Amram Nowak and writer Manya Starr review the years 1654 through 1880. 1998. 114 min. VH3/THEY-0001.
A Tickle in the Heart. Max, Julie and Willie Epstein bring their brand of klezmer music to audiences in Poland, Brooklyn and Florida. A film by Stefan Schwietert. 1996. 84 min. VH2/TICK-0001.
Time of Favor. Joseph Cedar investigates the romantic triangle between two Israeli soldiers and a rabbi's daughter. Letterboxed. Subtitled. 2000. 101 min. VH1/TIME-0016.
The Truce. John Turturro stars in Francesco Rossi's adaptation of Primo Levi's memoir about his gruelling thousand-mile trek home from Auschwitz to Italy in the aftermath of World War II. In English. 1996. 117 min. VH1/TRUC-0001.
Uncle Moses. Screenwriter Maurice Schwartz also stars as a tyrannical sweatshop owner in love with the daughter of one of his disgruntled workers. Aubrey Scotto's film is in Yiddish with English subtitles. 1932. 87 min. VH1/UNCL-0001.
Under the Domim Tree. In 1950s Israel, teenagers seek refuge from their memories of the Holocaust. Novelist/screenwriter Gila Almagor also makes an appearance in Eli Cohen's film. 1994. 102 min. VH1/UNDE-0008.
Video Visits: Journey Through the Bible Lands. A Judeo-Christian tour from Neira/Schloetel. 1988. 42 min. VH7/VIDE-0046.
The Visas That Saved Lives. Chiune Sugihara, Japan's Consul-General in Lithuania, sacrifices his own career to write visas which saved thousands of Jews from deportation and extermination. Katsumi Ohyama directed this docudrama. Subtitled. 1992. 115 min. VH1/VISA-0001.
Voices from the Attic. Debbie Goodstein reveals how her family survived World War II by hiding in a peasant's attic. 1988. 57 min. VH3/VOIC-0001.
Voices of Survival. Seven survivors relive the terror of Hitler's death camps in Alan Handel's powerful documentary. 1988. 57 min. VH3/VOIC-0002.
Voices of the Children. Holocaust survivors recall their experiences as child inmates at Terezin concentration camp. A film by Zuzana Justman. 1996. 80 min. VH3/VOIC-0003.
The Wannsee Conference. Heinz Schirk recreates the meeting at which Nazi officials decided the fate of six million Jews. Subtitled. 1984. 87 min. VH1/WANN-0001.
We Must Never Forget: The Story of the Holocaust. Jonathan Burack documents the story of survivor Rosa Katz. 1994. 35 min. VH3/WEMU-0001.
We Were So Beloved: The German Jews of Washington Heights. Jewish immigrants reminisce with Manfred Kirchheimer. 1985. 146 min. VH3/WEWE-0001.
Weapons of the Spirit. Five thousand French Protestants hid five thousand Jews from the Nazis in Pierre Sauvage's film. 1986. 35 min. VH3/WEAP-0001.
Wedding in Galilee. Michael Khleifi's drama about Palestinian/Israeli tensions. Subtitled. 1987. 113 min. VH1/WEDD-0002.
West of Hester Street. Sam Jaffe narrates Allen and Cynthia S. Mondell's film about the thousands of Eastern European Jews who entered America via Galveston, Texas. 1983. 58 min. VH3/WEST-0001.
What Is a Jew to You? Australian filmmaker Aviva Ziegler explores what it means to be Jewish today. 1985. 50 min. VH6/WHAT-0002.
The Wisdom of Faith. Pamela Mason Wagner's series includes the episode Christianity & Judaism. With Huston Smith and Bill Moyers. 1996. 57 min. VH6/WISD-0003.
The Women Next Door. Three women filmmakers, two Israeli and one Palestinian, journey through their homelands documenting the lives of other women on both sides of the Occupation. Michal Aviad directed. 1992. 80 min. VH6/WOME-0002.
The World of Sholom Aleichem. Gertrude Berg, Sam Levene, Zero Mostel, Morris Carnovsky, Lee Grant, Nancy Walker, Jack Gilford, and Charlotte Rae star in three stories, directed for television by Don Richardson. 1959. 95 min. VH2/WORL-0007.
Yiddle With His Fiddle. Molly Picon poses as a boy in Joseph Green and Jan Nowina-
Przybylski's Yiddish musical. Subtitled. 1936. 92 min. VH1/YIDD-0001.
Yudie. Filmmaker Mirra Banks' aunt Yudie recalls immigrant life on the Lower East Side. 1974. 20 min. VH6/YUDI-0001.
Zalmen or The Madness of God. In post-Stalinist Russia, a Western acting troupe plans an appearance in a synagogue. Joseph Wiseman, Richard Bauer, Robert Prosky, and Dianne Wiest star in Elie Wiesel's play, directed by Alan Schneider and Peter Levin. A Broadway Theatre Archive video. 1975. 120 min. VH2/ZALM-0001.
List compiled by Jonathan Guildroy
Novmber 2002