Jewish Life Movies

  • 1998
    Left Luggage

    Left Luggage

    Left Luggage

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    While escaping from Nazis during the WWII, a Jewish man dug suitcases full of things dear to his heart in the ground two. The war deprived him of his...

    Left Luggage
  • 1969
    Some of My Best Friends...

    Some of My Best Friends...

    Some of My Best Friends...

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    Jewish people - and a few Gentiles - muse on what it means to be Jewish in 1960s Britain. The challenges of maintaining faith and culture outside...

    Some of My Best Friends...
  • 2013
    50 Children: The Rescue Mission of Mr. and Mrs. Kraus

    50 Children: The Rescue Mission of Mr. and Mrs. Kraus

    50 Children: The Rescue Mission of Mr. and Mrs. Kraus

    62013HD

    In the spring of 1939, Gilbert and Eleanor Kraus embarked on a risky and unlikely mission. Traveling into the heart of Nazi Germany, they rescued 50...

    50 Children: The Rescue Mission of Mr. and Mrs. Kraus
  • 2022
    The Chosen One

    The Chosen One

    The Chosen One

    102022HD

    After impulsively shaving off his beard and sidelocks, a young Hasidic man experiences a nightmarish transformation that leads him right back to...

    The Chosen One
  • 1982
    God Does Not Believe in Us Anymore

    God Does Not Believe in Us Anymore

    God Does Not Believe in Us Anymore

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    After his father is murdered by the Nazis in 1938, a young Viennese Jew named Ferry Tobler flees to Prague, where he joins forces with another...

    God Does Not Believe in Us Anymore
  • 1988
    The Actress

    The Actress

    The Actress

    01988HD

    The year 1933: Successful actress Maria Rheine is in love with her Jewish colleague Mark Löwenthal. When the Nazis implement the racist...

    The Actress
  • 1986
    Welcome in Vienna

    Welcome in Vienna

    Welcome in Vienna

    6.41986HD

    Freddy, a Viennese Jew who emigrated to New York after Hitler's invasion, and Adler, a left-wing intellectual originally from Berlin, return to...

    Welcome in Vienna
  • 2014
    Landauer: Gefeiert, verbannt, vergessen

    Landauer: Gefeiert, verbannt, vergessen

    Landauer: Gefeiert, verbannt, vergessen

    02014HD

    Documentary about Kurt Landauer, the long-time Jewish president of FC Bayern München, who led the club to its first German championship, was...

    Landauer: Gefeiert, verbannt, vergessen
  • 1991
    Volvo City

    Volvo City

    Volvo City

    01991HD

    Stamford Hill in North London is home to a community of 30,000 Hasidic Jews. Aiming to preserve a way of life they had in eighteenth century Poland...

    Volvo City
  • 2020
    The Israeli Boys

    The Israeli Boys

    The Israeli Boys

    4.72020HD

    Secrets, lies, surprises and more are explored in this rich selection of gay short films from Israel. The 6 short films are: Three (2018); A Trip to...

    The Israeli Boys
  • 2013
    Hélène Berr, une jeune fille dans Paris occupé

    Hélène Berr, une jeune fille dans Paris occupé

    Hélène Berr, une jeune fille dans Paris occupé

    02013HD

    Hélène Berr, une jeune fille dans Paris occupé
  • 2010
    Porcelain Unicorn

    Porcelain Unicorn

    Porcelain Unicorn

    6.72010HD

    In 1940s Germany, a young boy stumbles upon a Jewish girl in hiding.

    Porcelain Unicorn
  • 1913
    Sorrows of Sarah

    Sorrows of Sarah

    Sorrows of Sarah

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    This film captures a stage production at Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, accompanied by the choir of Moscow Synagogue. Brothers Isaak and Borukh are both...

    Sorrows of Sarah
  • 1978
    The Making of a President

    The Making of a President

    The Making of a President

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    In wartime Sault Ste. Marie, the mayor invites the president of the Jewish congregation to speak at the town’s upcoming ecumenical war bonds...

    The Making of a President
  • 2021
    Ma Nishma Manitoba

    Ma Nishma Manitoba

    Ma Nishma Manitoba

    02021HD

    From challah to immigration to the wandering Jew, Ma Nishma Manitoba is a mid-length documentary that explores Manitoban Jewish stories of identity...

    Ma Nishma Manitoba
  • 2015
    Bacon & God's Wrath

    Bacon & God's Wrath

    Bacon & God's Wrath

    6.22015HD

    A 90-year-old Jewish woman reflects on her life experiences as she prepares to try bacon for the first time.

    Bacon & God's Wrath
  • 2020
    Oy to the World

    Oy to the World

    Oy to the World

    02020HD

    The story of Sally, a ten year old girl whose one wish is to celebrate a memorable Hanukkah despite her Grandmother Jessica’s desire to help...

    Oy to the World
  • 2019
    Riding with the Rabbi

    Riding with the Rabbi

    Riding with the Rabbi

    02019HD

    The story of two most uncommon people, Sam a good old southern Jewish “boy” and Rabbi Stan, a misplaced mohel. Brought together by a...

    Riding with the Rabbi
  • 2013
    Awake Zion

    Awake Zion

    Awake Zion

    02013HD

    Awake Zion explores the connections between Rasta, Reggae and Judaism, through one woman's beat-laden adventure into the meaning of identity. All the...

    Awake Zion
  • 2019
    Divorce Denied

    Divorce Denied

    Divorce Denied

    02019HD

    No Jewish divorce is complete without the man literally giving the woman her freedom back. With Israel having neither civil marriage nor divorce,...

    Divorce Denied