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Jews In Shorts: Documentaries
Jews In Shorts: Documentaries
A collection of short documentary films.
Jews in Shorts: Narratives
Jews in Shorts: Narratives
Jews in Shorts: Narratives
A Kaddish for Bernie Madoff - Song & Dance
A Kaddish for Bernie Madoff - Song & Dance
An artistic excommunication set on Wall Street in 2008. A Kaddish For Bernie Madoff is a mystical meta-musical about the greatest financial fraud in history, as seen through the eyes of musician/poet Alicia Jo Rabins.
A Kaddish for Bernie Madoff - Song & Dance (Castro)
A Kaddish for Bernie Madoff - Song & Dance (Castro)
An artistic excommunication set on Wall Street in 2008, A Kaddish For Bernie Madoff is a mystical meta-musical about the greatest financial fraud in history, as seen through the eyes of musician/poet Alicia Jo Rabins.
Kings of Capitol Hill
Kings of Capitol Hill
Founded in the 1960s as a grassroots lobbying group, AIPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, has grown into one of the most powerful organizations in US politics. Never one to shy away from controversial topics, Israeli director Mor Loushy (The Oslo Diaries, Censored Voices) has gained unprecedented access to some of AIPAC’s key insiders, crafting an extensively detailed, and largely untold, history of the pro-Israel lobby and their methods.
Kippah
Kippah
Based on actual events, this film tells the story of 15-year-old Oskar who newly visits a multi-cultural high school.
Labyrinth of Peace Episodes 1-3
Labyrinth of Peace Episodes 1-3
High-budget portrait of an industrial family dynasty. Inspired by true yet little-known events in post-WWII “neutral” Switzerland. From the producers of European box-office hit HEIDI.
Labyrinth of Peace Episodes 4-6
Labyrinth of Peace Episodes 4-6
High-budget portrait of an industrial family dynasty. Inspired by true yet little-known events in post-WWII “neutral” Switzerland. From the producers of European box-office hit HEIDI.
The Lesson
The Lesson
At the age of 14 every school child in Germany is taught about the atrocities that occurred under Nazi rule. Filmmaker Elena Horn returns to her small hometown in rural Germany to follow four children as they first learn about the Holocaust.
The Light Ahead
The Light Ahead
Impoverished couple Fishke (David Opatoshu, Exodus) and Hodel (Helen Beverley, Green Fields) dream of life in the big city of Odessa free from the shtetl’s poverty, corruption, and stifling old-world prejudices. The benevolent and enlightened bookseller Mendele (Isidore Cashier as Mendele Mokher Sforim) takes them under his wing. One of the most important films in NCJF’s archive collection, The Light Ahead is arguably the finest of the four Yiddish films directed by Edgar G. Ulmer. Made on the eve of World War II, the film is at once romantic, expressionist, and painfully conscious of the danger about to engulf European Jew. The shtetl denizens’ embrace of superstition over science and modernity amidst a cholera outbreak makes The Light Ahead especially poignant for contemporary audiences. The film’s climax is a mageyfe khasene (plague wedding), a folk ritual believed to ward off disease.
The Light Ahead (Castro)
The Light Ahead (Castro)
Recently restored by the National Center for Jewish Film, A Light Ahead is a forgotten Yiddish classic by B-movie maverick Edgar G. Ulmer (The Black Cat, Detour). At once a touching comedic drama and pointed social critique, the film follows Fishke and Hodel, a young disabled couple, as they strive to escape the oppressive disease and poverty of their shtetl.
Long Distance (2020)
Long Distance (2020)
Rachel is losing her sight to the point she can't even call her daughter who is in labor on the other side of the world. Seeking for help, she opens her door to passersby strangers, striving for one moment of connection.​