2012 Archives

The late Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon went to space with the ill-fated Columbia shuttle in 2003 with a Bergen-Belsen Torah. 

Following the Film

Meet Rona Ramon, Ilan Ramon's wife, Dan Cohen, the film's director, and Garrett Reisman, friend of Ilan's and fellow astronaut.

Joshua Safran, an Orthodox Jew and a tenacious attorney, assumes pro bono representation of Deborah Peagler, a poor African-American woman accused of murder. 

Documentary

Following the Film

Meet Joshua Safran, the film's tenaciaous attorney, and Yoav Potash, the filmmaker.

A Muslim boy, son of a Brooklyn imam, discovers friendship with several modern Orthodox boys who assume he is Jewish. 

Drama

Moving from one boyfriend to another, a Parisian woman is unable to find love, especially with her father so involved in her life. Stars Mélanie Laurent (Inglourious Basterds, and The Concert)

Feature

A down-on-his luck Tel Aviv psychologist played by Assi Dayan comes up with a scheme to lease his high-rise apartment to patients who want to end it all. 

Drama

A tragic hit and run accident on an Israeli road, caused by a single moment of carelessness, affects numerous lives. 

Drama

Children organize their grandmother's Tel Aviv apartment after she dies, discovering a close friendship with a well known Nazi, before and after WWII.

Documentary

Yoni Netanyahu was killed in 1976 leading the successful mission to rescue hostages in Entebbe, Uganda. A look at the life of an Israeli hero.

Documentary

A 12-year-old Israeli girl who moves to the U.S with her parents, develops a close and meaningful relationship with a Vietnamese immigrant's daughter. 

Family - For Teens

The definitive violinist of the 20th century has devoted his life to the pursuit of musical excellence. A masterful look. 

Documentary

The glorious story of the universally loved Hebrew song. From its roots as a traditional Ukranian melody, it became the signature theme song for Jewish life.

Documentary

Following the Film

Enjoy a live musical performance by Veretski Pass, a trio playing historical klezmer music of Eastern Europe.

A German-speaking Israeli interviews the descendants of some of Nazi Germany's infamous leaders, including Himmler, Göring, and Höss.

Documentary

Following the Film

Meet Chanoch Ze'evi, the film's director.

A young Polish woman waits for her husband to return from a Nazi POW camp and gives shelter to a young Jewish girl.

Drama

Arab teenagers in a German town vandalize the apartment of an elderly Jew. In a twist, the victim and one of the teens develop a strong and mutual bond.

Drama

An Israeli boy, living in a dysfunctional family and bullied daily at school, awaits his bar mitzvah. The delicate balance of the entire household is overturned when his older brother, who is autistic, suddenly returns to live at home.

Drama

A single mother raises two sons that join an anti-Semitic street gang, unaware that they are, in fact, Jewish.

Drama

Nicholas Winton, now 100 years old, organized the Kindertransport program, rescuing more than 600 Jewish children from Czechoslovakia in 1939.

Docudrama

A Brooklyn Jewish woman, who escaped from a WWII forced labor camp, discovers that a Polish man who saved her and helped her escape is still alive.

Drama

Featuring well-known American performing artists, the beloved Sesame Street characters travel to Israel where they learn about Jewish holidays and traditions.

Family

Based on a true story, a young Black man from Dutch Guiana emigrates to Holland, marries a Dutch woman, and shelters Dutch Jews during the Nazi occupation.

Drama

The editor of a Baltimore Jewish newspaper campaigns against the sexual abuse of children in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community.

Documentary

Following the Film

Meet Scott Rosenfelt, the film's director, via Skype.

A Polish priest, born Jewish but raised by a Polish family during WW II, struggles as a Jew and a Catholic on a kibbutz.

Documentary

In this sequel to the critically-acclaimed film "Yossi and Jagger", Yossi is now a workaholic physician and still a closeted gay man. A chance encounter awakens him from his emotional slumber.Drama