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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: In the Land of Jordan
Producer, Director: Halabi, Rafik
Audience: adult
Length: 45 min.
Subject: Jordan
Summary: For the first time ever, Israeli cameras enter the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and present us with an intimate look at Jordan today. Highlights include Amman, Mount Nebo, Aaron's Tomb, Madaba, Jerash, Petra, and more. This video also explores contemporary issues such as the tensions between Palestinians and the Bedouin minority, the rise of fundamentalists, and the relationship of Israel to Jordan. Parts in Hebrew.
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Title: In the Month of Kislev/Zlateh the Goat
Producer, Director: Children's Circle
Audience: children
Length: 34 min.
Subject: Storytelling
Summary: Two short stories are narrated in this video. In "In the Month of Kislev", a wealthy arrogant merchant learns the true meaning of Hanukkah when he takes the family of a poor peddler to court for savoring the smell of his wife's pancakes from outside their window. In "Zlateh the Goat", poor Reuven, the furrier, has no choice but to sell his family's beloved goat. But Aaron has other ideas.
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Title: In the Shadows/ Forgotten Jews of Syria
Producer, Director: Ronald Feld Fund
Audience: adult
Length: 35 min.
Subject: Jews in Syria
Summary: Interviewed in silouette, several Syrian Jews tell about their lives in that Arab community. There are less than 4000 Jews in Syria, and they are afraid to reveal their identities, but in the "shadows" they tell of the doom and terror under which they live. The interviews are interspersed with experts who tell about this community and its history.
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Title: In the Synagogue
Producer, Director: Rudavky, Oren
Audience: children
Length: 25 min.
Subject: Synagogues
Summary: This imaginative video tells the story of twelve-year-old Emily Rudin, a photographer, of sets out with her camera to discover the meaing of the synagogue. She visits several temples where she meets congregants who pray, study, and celebrate. Produced by the UAHC, the emphasis is on the Reform Movement.
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Title: Incarcerated Dreams
Audience: adult
Length: 20 min.
Subject: Holocaust -- Theresienstadt
Summary: The children of Terezin painted their pain, and this film captures those paintings.
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Title: Infamous Dreyfus Affair
Producer, Director: History Channel
Audience: adult
Length: 50 min.
Subject: Biography -- Dreyfus, Alfred
Summary: The History Channel presents the story of Alfred Dreyfus, the French army captain who, in the 19th century was falsely accused of committing crimes, was court-martialed and sentenced, and whose case aroused anti-semitism in all of France.
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Title: Inside God's Bunker
Producer, Director: Dispatches
Audience: adult
Length: 30 min.
Subject: Israel -- Hebron
Summary: This is a powerful documentary, produced in late 1994, about the Jewish settlers in Hebron. It shows the growth of tensions between Arabs and Jews of Hebron, and their respective radical political beliefs. It takes a critical look at the radical Jewish political groups, such as Kach, whose members advocate the expulsion of all Arabs from Israel, and shows that even the children are being taught to hate Arabs and those who will make peace.
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Title: Inside I Ache
Producer, Director: Mass Media Ministries
Audience: teen - adult
Length: 18 min.
Subject: Suicide
Summary: A sensitive and intelligent film designed to explore the subject of teen suicide. Good for teens, educators and counselors, it includes a leader's guide, activity sheet and bibliography. It dramatizes the story of a teenaged girl who is contemplating suicide, and explores the reasons behind it. Show in slides with narration.
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Title: Inside Islam
Producer, Director: History Channel
Audience: adult
Length: 100 min.
Subject: Islam
Summary: This video traces the roots of Islam, and describes the Five Pillars, the Qur'an, and the basic tenets of the religion.
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Title: Intermarriage: When Love Meets Tradition
Producer, Director: Kukoff, Lydia and UAHC
Audience: adult
Length: 33 min.
Subject: Intermarriage
Summary: This penetrating documentary focuses on five young couples who face the problems and challenges of love, marriage and raising children in an interfaith relationship. The couples were all part of a program sponsored by the UAHC, under the supervision of a rabbi, examined their commitment to each other and to their religion. An excellent trigger film.
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Title: Interrogation in Budapest
Producer, Director: Eternal Light/ NBC
Audience: adult
Length: 60 min.
Subject: Biography -- Senesh, Hannah
Summary: This video is a dramatization of the story of Hannah Senesh, the Hungarian woman who, at 23, parachuted into Nazi-occupied Europe to rescue Jewish children. Through her diary and poetry, eyewitness accounts and the recollections of her mother, the video depicts her life, and how she was captured, interrogated, tried and executed.
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Title: Intimate Story
Producer, Director: Le'an Films, Ltd.
Audience: adult
Length: 95 min.
Subject: Hebrew -- Fiction
Summary: This story focuses on Leah and Yaacov, a childless couple who are members of a kibbutz and have been married nearly 10 years. When Leah's attempts at childbirth fail for the second time, each blames the other. The intimate atmosphere of the kibbutz is vividly portrayed. Stars Chava Alberstein and Alex Peleg. In Hebrew, with English and French subtitles.
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Title: Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport
Producer, Director: Harris, Mark Jonathan and Oppenheimer, Deborah
Audience: adult
Length: 117 min.
Subject: Holocaust -- Kindertransport
Summary: In the months before World War II, an extraordinary rescue operation aided the youngest victims of Nazi terror. Ten thousand Jewish and other children were transported from German-held lands to foster homese and hostels in Great Britain. Some built new family ties, some found ways to liberate their parents, some never found their parents. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, 2000.
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Title: Introduction to Tefillin
Producer, Director: N.S.S. Beth El
Audience: Adult
Length: 30 min.
Subject: Tefillin
Summary: This video, produced by North Suburban Synagogue Beth El, features Rabbi Vernon Kurtz and Hazzan Henry Rosenblum, teaching the customs and meaning behind the tefillin. Extensive instruction is given about how to wrap tefillin, using Sephardic and Ashkenazic customs.
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Title: Isaac in America
Producer, Director: Nowak, Amram
Audience: adult
Length: 60 min.
Subject: Biography -- Singer, Isaac Bashevis
Summary: This critically acclaimed program was nominated for an Academy Award, and brings us the wisdom and wonderful wit that makes Isaac Bashevis Singer so unique and special. Judd Hirsch narrates the film, and we are carried through dramatic scenes from Singer's works, as well as hearing from the thoroughly entertaining author himself. Suitable for all audiences.
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Title: Islam
Producer, Director: Smithsonian Institute
Audience: adult
Length: 60 min.
Subject: Islam
Summary: A PBS and WETA production about the religion, art, and culture of Islam. It demonstrates the principles of the religion, the history, cultural and intellectual achievements, and punctuates the discussions with beautiful pictures of mosques, calligraphy, and artwork.
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Title: Islam: Empire of Faith
Producer, Director: PBS
Audience: adult
Length: 163 min.
Subject: Islam
Summary: This program tells the story of the great sweep of Islamaic power and faith during its first 1000 years -- from the birth of the prophet Muhammed, to the peak of the Ottoman Empire under the reign of Euleyman the Magnificent. Historical re-enactments and a remarkable exposition of Islamic art, artifacts and architecture are combined with interviews of scholars from around the world to show the importance of early Islamic civilization.
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Title: Island of Hope -- Island of Tears
Producer, Director: Guggenheim Productions, Inc.
Audience: adult
Length: 30 min.
Subject: Immigration
Summary: Between 1890 and 1924 more than twelve million men, women and children passed through the great immigration station at Ellis. Fleeing povery and persecution, immigrants arrived from all over the world. For them, Ellis symbolized the gateway to freedom or the place they could be rejected or turned back.
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Title: Island of Roses
Producer, Director: Jewish Theological Seminary of America
Audience: adult
Length: 58 min.
Subject: Jews in Rhodes
Summary: This award winning documentary examines the remnants of the Sephardic community that thrived for five hundred years on the island of Rhodes, Greece. Many from this community now live in Los Angeles. Featured are portions of a Sephardic Passover seder, a bride dressing for her wedding, and a healer performing an ancient rite.
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Title: Island on Bird Street
Producer, Director: Kragh-Jacobsen, Soren
Audience: teen - adult
Length: 104 min.
Subject: Holocaust
Summary: Based on a true survivor's story, this is the story of Alex, an 11 year old Polish boy hiding from the Nazis with his father, his uncle, and his pet mouse. When the soldiers clear the ghetto, they are caught, but Alex and the pet mouse escape back into the abandoned city. Using lessons from his favorite book, Robinson Crusoe, he builds a hideout high above the rubble, and waits for his father's return.
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