Jewish Life Movies
- 2004
Only Human
Only Human6.32004HD
Leni takes Rafi to meet her family in Madrid. Leni's family is Jewish - mother, father, older sister and daughter, brother, and grandfather. Rafi is P...
- 1988
The Actress
The Actress01988HD
The year 1933: Successful actress Maria Rheine is in love with her Jewish colleague Mark Löwenthal. When the Nazis implement the racist Nuremberg Laws...
- 2017
Falsettos
Falsettos8.32017HD
The 2016 Broadway Revival of William Finn's Tony-winning musical. It tells the story of Marvin, a Jewish family man who leaves his wife and son for a...
- 2013
50 Children: The Rescue Mission of Mr. and Mrs. Kraus
50 Children: The Rescue Mission of Mr. and Mrs. Kraus62013HD
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 J...
- 1982
God Does Not Believe in Us Anymore
God Does Not Believe in Us Anymore71982HD
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 expatri...
- 1978
The Making of a President
The Making of a President01978HD
In wartime Sault Ste. Marie, the mayor invites the president of the Jewish congregation to speak at the town’s upcoming ecumenical war bonds rally. Ho...
- 2022
Piazza
Piazza02022HD
- 2010
Porcelain Unicorn
Porcelain Unicorn6.72010HD
In 1940s Germany, a young boy stumbles upon a Jewish girl in hiding.
- 1987
A Jumpin' Night in the Garden of Eden
A Jumpin' Night in the Garden of Eden01987HD
A Jumpin' Night in the Garden of Eden was the first film to document the klezmer revival, tracing the efforts of two founding groups, Kapelye and Bost...
- 2024
Jew-ish
Jew-ish02024HD
A woman must make a decision about her happiness and identity.
- 2020
The Israeli Boys
The Israeli Boys4.72020HD
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...
- 1991
Volvo City
Volvo City01991HD
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 an...
- 2022
The Chosen One
The Chosen One102022HD
After impulsively shaving off his beard and sidelocks, a young Hasidic man experiences a nightmarish transformation that leads him right back to where...
- 1913
Sorrows of Sarah
Sorrows of Sarah51913HD
This film captures a stage production at Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, accompanied by the choir of Moscow Synagogue. Brothers Isaak and Borukh are both i...
- 2015
Wiener Blut
Wiener Blut3.52015HD
The film follows Mrs. Sarika's departure to a Jewish retirement home. What was supposed to be a peaceful end to life, turns into the horror of the Hol...
- 2014
Landauer: Gefeiert, verbannt, vergessen
Landauer: Gefeiert, verbannt, vergessen02014HD
Documentary about Kurt Landauer, the long-time Jewish president of FC Bayern München, who led the club to its first German championship, was persecute...
- 1969
Some of My Best Friends...
Some of My Best Friends...01969HD
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 Isra...
- 2007
Goyta
Goyta02007HD
The lives of a Hassidic young man (Yoyli) and a Polish young woman (Mariola) intersect when they find themselves secluded in a car after he offers her...
- 2015
Bacon & God's Wrath
Bacon & God's Wrath6.22015HD
A 90-year-old Jewish woman reflects on her life experiences as she prepares to try bacon for the first time.
- 2009
A bissele Glik
A bissele Glik92009HD