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Below you will find an alphabetical listing of the video and dvd holdings of the Gray Cultural and Learning Center. The collection is constantly being updated, so be sure to check back often.
Videos and dvd's must be checked out IN PERSON, but you can call the Learning Center to check on availability, at 847 432-8900, ext. 242.
To search for a particular video, just fill in the name of the video below, and find out whether it is in our collection. You can also use the "keyword" feature, to search for ANY word that may be found in any part of the description, including title, producer/director, subject, or summary.
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Title: From Vienna to Jerusalem: The Century of Teddy Kollek
Producer, Director: Landwer, Willy
Audience: all
Length: 60 min.
Subject: Biography -- Kollek, Teddy
Summary: Teddy Kollek was Jerusalem's mayor from 1965 - 1993. This video traces the life and achievements of the man who fostered the development of Jerusalem, from a small divided town into a thriving modern capital. His personal history began in Vienna, as a Jewish activist, and he later helped to found Kibbutz Ein Gev. This film profiles Mr. Kollek, a man of passion and determination who helped shape the land of Israel.
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Title: Frontline: Israel's Next War?
Producer, Director: PBS
Audience: adult
Length: 60 min.
Subject: Israeli - Palestinian Relations
Summary: In the summer of 2005, Israel plans to remove Jewish settlers from the Gaza Strip. Security officials warn that extremists among the settlers could, with one major act of violence, raise the prospect of civil war in Israel. This video takes a close look at the small group of radical Israelis who are pledging to disrupt the peace process.
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Title: Fruit of Her Hands
Producer, Director: Obrow, Susan
Audience: teen - adult
Length: 54 min.
Subject: Feminism
Summary: Four modern young women take the viewer on a voyage through history to visit ten extraordinary Jewish women whose achievements have made a difference in our heritage. The women are: Devorah, Beruriah, Gracia Mendesa, GLuckel von Hameln, Emma Lazarus, Emma Goldman, Henrietta Szold, Hannah Senesh, Ida Kaminska, and Golda Meir. Show in short vignettes.
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Title: Fun with the AlefBet
Producer, Director: Geffner, Jonathan
Audience: children
Length: 40 min.
Subject: Hebrew Alphabet
Summary: Ventriloquist Jonathan Geffner and his friends teach the Hebrew alphabet
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Title: Funny Girl
Producer, Director: Wyler, William
Audience: all
Length: 155 min.
Subject: Biography -- Fanny Brice
Summary: One of the most popular movie musicals ever made, Funny Girl follows the early career of stage comedienne Fanny Brice, who made her debut as a roller-skating chorus girl, worked for Florenz Ziegfeld in his famous Follies, and then went on to become a star.
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Title: Ganenu -- Vol. 1
Producer, Director: Educational Video Systems
Audience: children
Length: 30 min.
Subject: Hebrew Alphabet
Summary: This video introduces the letter aleph, using puppets, scenes of Israel, songs and vignettes. Included are the song "Adon Olam", a story of Abraham and the visit of the three angels, mitzvot, the city of Ashkelon, and the concept of loving your neighbor as yourself. Appropriate for children ages 5 and up.
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Title: Ganenu -- Vol. 2
Producer, Director: Educational Video Systems
Audience: children
Length: 30 min.
Subject: Hebrew Alphabet
Summary: The letters of the Hebrew alphabet and primary lessons in Judaism are taught through music and stories, puppets and animation. This video teaches the letter Bet, about houses, and the Beit HaMikdash. It also shows Hebrew vowels, and visits with a Sofer. The ten commandments are shown. It is very orthodox and hasidic in tone.
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Title: Garden of the Finzi-Continis
Producer, Director: De Sica, Vittorio
Audience: adult
Length: 90 min.
Subject: Holocaust -- Italy
Summary: In a haunting love story set in pre-war Italy, the wealthy Finzi- Contini family welcomes other Jewish families to their estate as a refuge from outside oppression. A love story ensues, and as the war looms, the lovers are locked in a race against time and fate. Exquisitely photographed this film won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film in 1971. English subtitles.
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Title: Gates of Brass
Producer, Director: Rawlings, Jay
Audience: teen - adult
Length: 54 min.
Subject: Soviet Jewry
Summary: A docudrama about the lives of Refuseniks in Russia. Contains hard- hitting interviews and dramatic re-creations about their world of oppression. 1987.
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Title: Gates of Jerusalem: A History of the Holy City
Producer, Director: Questar, Inc.
Audience: adult
Length: 2 hours, 5 min.
Subject: Jerusalem
Summary: This video reveals the history of Jerusalem, having been overrun on 40 separate occasions, and destroyed 18 times. Narrated by Richard Kiley, the video traces the history of Jerusalem, and Israel, from the time of Abraham to the 21st century. In Part I, we visit four gates of the city that represent the spiritual gateways of Christianity, Judaism and Islam. Part 2 takes us to the second four gates, including the one that leads tot the Temple Mount.
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Title: Gefilte Fish
Producer, Director: Silverstein, Karen
Audience: teen - adult
Length: 15 min.
Subject: Customs and Ceremonies
Summary: This movie tackles the subject of the displacement of cultural traditions by showing the"ritual"of making gefilte fish. The grandmother buys a live fish, to be sure it's fresh, the mother uses her food processor to chop the fish, the daughter (and film-maker) wrestles with a jar of store-bought fish. Humorous, delightful and thought-provoking.
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Title: Genesis: The Bible on Video
Producer, Director: The Genesis Project, Inc.
Audience: adult
Length: 5 1/2 hours
Subject: Bible
Summary: This series produced four videos that, word for word, dramatizes the stories found in the Book of Genesis. Portrayed authentically, the series covers Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Esau, Jacob and Joseph.
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Title: Genesis:A Living Conversation
Producer, Director: Moyers, Bill
Audience: adult
Length: 5 episodes, 1 hour e
Subject: Bible -- Genesis
Summary: This made-for-television discussion, on PBS, first broadcast in 1996, features prominent thinkers, writers, academicians, and philosophers, who reflect on various episodes of the first book of the Torah. Stories include Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, Noah and the Ark, Abraham's relationship with Hagar and Sarah, Rebecca's deception with Isaac, and Joseph's exile in Egypt. A fascinating series of discussions.
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Title: Genocide
Producer, Director: Simon Wiesenthal Center
Audience: adult
Length: 60 min.
Subject: Holocaust
Summary: The powerful documentary which graphically shows the systematic destruction of the Jews of Europe during the Holocaust. Narrated by Elizabeth Taylor and Orson Welles, written by Martin Gilbert and Rabbi Marvin Hier.
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Title: Gentleman's Agreement
Producer, Director: Kazan, Elia
Audience: adult
Length: 118 min.
Subject: Anti-Semitism -- Fiction
Summary: This award-winning adaptation of Laura Z. Hobson's novel of a writer pretending to be Jewish who discovers anti-semitism. Starring Celeste Holm, Gregory Peck, Anne Revere, Jane Wyatt, Dorothy McGuire, this film was a daring subject for its time. Filmed in 1947, screenplay by Moss Hart. An excellent movie.
DVD includes audio commentary by Celeste Holm, June Havoc and Richard Schickel; AMC Backstory, theatrical trailer.
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Title: Getting Jerusalem Together
Producer, Director: Archaeological Seminars, Ltd.
Audience: all
Length: 30 min.
Subject: Jerusalem
Summary: Produced in 1985, this video is an excellent archaeological and historical survey of Jerusalem. It is presented using drawings and video footage of archaeological remains in the Jerusalem area.
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Title: Go for Zucker!
Producer, Director: Levy, Dani
Audience: adult
Length: 91 min.
Subject: Fiction
Summary: Hustler Jaeckie Zucker is in debt, facing jail and ruin. His mother passes away, leaving him an inheritance, but before he can cash in he must reconcile with his Orthodox brother Samuel, who is coming for the shiva. Zucker must try to "pass" as observant, reconcile with his brother, and still compete in a high-stakes pool tournament. Wacky and sweet. In German, with English subtitles.
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Title: God, Man and Devil
Producer, Director: Seiden, Joseph
Audience: adult
Length: 100 min.
Subject: Yiddish Fiction
Summary: The famous play by Jacob Gordin, "God, Man & Devil," is an adaptation based on the classic play "Faust'. The movie is about the constant wager between God and Satan. Here we see the devastating results of a man who sells his soul to the devil, and loses all of his Jewish morals for greed. Filmed in theU.S. in 1949, this was one of the last Yiddish full-length features to be made.
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Title: Golda Meir Remembered by Elie Wiesel
Producer, Director: Eternal Light/NBC
Audience: adult
Length: 30 min.
Subject: Biography -- Meir, Golda
Summary: This film is a retrospective look at the Prime Minister of Israel as Elie Wiesel shares his memories of her, and footage of conversations he had with her. 1971. Filmed 7 years before her death, and before the Yom Kippur War.
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Title: Golden Age of Second Ave.
Producer, Director: Cantor, Arthur
Audience: adult
Length: 67 min.
Subject: Yiddish Theater
Summary: Narrated by the late Herschel Bernardi, this wonderful video contains unique old footage as it traces the history of Yiddish theater in America, from its roots in Ellis Island, until the present. Parts of the film are a walking tour of sections of New York, and excerpts of Yiddish productions are included, with appearances by Molly Picon and Paul Muni.
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