Yad Vashem Collections - Movies

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Adapted from Abraham Cahan's story, this drama tells of immigrant life on New York's Lower East Side in the 1890s through the story of Gitl, an Eastern European Jew who arrives with her child on Ellis Island in 1896 to join her husband, Jake. She is surprised to discover that Jake has abandoned the mores of his culture by cutting off his beard and ear locks, and he's adopted the mannerisms of his new country, including a new girlfriend who runs a dance hall. Gitl, unwilling to part with traditions so easily, creates a rift in the marriage that is difficult to overcome. Carol Kane was nominated to Oscar for her...

Director : Joan Micklin Silver

Production Year : 1975

Duration : 89

Language : English

Heimat? LOS! - Theater und Medienpädagogik für Integration: Heimweh und Fernweh

Short student film in 3 parts about the difficulties of young Russian immigrants in Germany today.

Director : Allan Mathiasch

Production Year : 2007

Language : German, Russian

Speak Up! It's So Dark

SPEAK UP! is a striking and stylish drama about the relationship between a fascist punk and his Jewish therapist. Soren's neo-Nazi world of booze, heavy metal, and assaults on "foreigners" (Jews, Arabs, Blacks, Reds, and Gays) is seen close up in explosive and revealing psychoanalytic sessions. Jacob's involvement with his client is not solely motivated by professional concerns - his own relatives were killed in Auschwitz and he is obsessively driven to understand and influence Soren. In a brisk montage of scenes propelled by first-rate acting, both of the characters express deeply rooted needs: Soren's impulse...

Director : Suzanne Osten

Production Year : 1992

Duration : 83

Next Time Dear God Please Choose Someone Else - Jewish Humor, American Style

This documentary looks at the development of traditional Jewish humour in America. Includes contributions from Milton Berle, Jackie Mason, Joan Rivers and Billy Crystal.

Director : Rex Bloomstein

Production Year : 1987

Duration : 90

Language : English

The Ritchie Boys

This documentary tells the story of the elite American information unit which was mostly made up of German and Czech Jewish Academics who immigrated before the war. The members of the unit, who were trained in the Ritchie Camp in Maryland, were involved with planning ways to break the SS morale and they are today credited with being the ones who succeeded in bringing an early end to the war. A number of people from the unit, today in their 80s, meet and tell their stories in this film. Includes photographs, archival footage and testimonies.

Director : Christian Bauer

Production Year : 2004

Duration : 93

Language : English, German

On The Edge

משפחת מהגרים יהודים: אם, אב ושתי בנות מגיעה לארץ ישראל מפולין עם אידיאולוגיה של "בניית הארץ" ע"י עבודה עברית. האב, חיים, קנה אדמה ופרדס תפוזים בניסיון לזכות בהרגשת כח ושליטה. אנרגיה מבוזבזת בהסתרת רגשות, התחושה של "אאוט-סיידר" (זר) נצחי והניסיון שלהם להכחיש זאת החמירו את היחסים שלהם בתוך המשפחה ומחוצה לה.הבנות מונעות ע"י קנאה, צביעות ורגשות אשם.כל אלה יוצרים מערכת-יחסים חולה עם גבר, מערכת יחסים זו מובילה לאונס, רצח ושאר מעשי סטייה.

Director : אמנון רובינשטיין

Production Year : 1994

Language : Hebrew