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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: Jerusalem: From a Dream to Destruction
Producer, Director: The History Channel
Audience: adult
Length: 3 hours
Subject: Jerusalem
Summary: Hosted by Martin Gilbert, this absorbing documentary captures the enthralling and drmatic impact of history on this city, from ancien times to the present. Using aerial photography and meticulous scale models, Gilbert shows how the city grew in biblical times, and profiles many of the city's historical personalities. The film also presents the dramatic story of Jerusalem in the 20th century.
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Title: Jerusalem: Heart of a People, Center of its Soul
Producer, Director: Wein, Rabbi Berel
Audience: adult
Length: 53 min.
Subject: Jerusalem
Summary: This video is a guided tour of the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem, narrated and conducted by Rabbi Berel Wein.
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Title: Jerusalem: Of Heaven and Earth
Producer, Director: Maljack Prod.
Audience: teen - adult
Length: 200 min.
Subject: Jerusalem
Summary: The most ambitious project ever produced on Jerusalem, this film spans both past and present to peel away the many layers of a city that still creates conflicts between peoples. It reveals the complex forces that separate the Muslims, Jews, and Christians, while strangely binding them together. 1985. 2 tapes.
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Title: Jerusalem: Soul of a People
Producer, Director: Wurtzel, Yehuda and Sara
Audience: all
Length: 30 min.
Subject: Jerusalem
Summary: This is an historical collage about the history of the city of Jerusalem. Utilizing animation, photographs, and documentary footage, we are led through Jerusalem's past and present. In color.
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Title: Jerusalem:Within These Walls
Producer, Director: National Geographic Society
Audience: teen - adult
Length: 59 min.
Subject: Jerusalem
Summary: A close look at the city of Jerusalem, its different quarters, history, and ancient sites. Narrated by Christopher Plummer. Produced by National Geographic.
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Title: Jew in American History
Producer, Director: UAHC TV and Film Institute
Audience: adult
Length: 60 min.
Subject: Jews in the U.S.
Summary: Using motion pictures, still photographs, and documents from the American Jewish archives, Dr. Jacob Rader Marcus describes the experiences of the Jews of Eastern Europe in the 19th and 20th centuries, and in the United States, as they mixed their cultures into a richer, more secular society.
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Title: Jew in the Lotus
Producer, Director: Chiten, Laurel
Audience: adult
Length: 60 min.
Subject: Buddhism and Judaism
Summary: In 1990, eight Jewish delegates traveled to Dharamsale, India, to meet with the Dalai Lama of Tibet and share the Jewish "secret of survival." Roger Kamenetz was invited to go along and observe, and write about his experience. Documentarian Laurel Chiten follows the writer on an intense personal journey back to his Jewish roots, and tells of a Jewish Buddhist encounter.
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Title: Jewish America the Making of the West
Producer, Director: Tobias, Ronald
Audience: adult
Length: 29 min.
Subject: Jews in the U.S.
Summary: For centuries, Jews fled persecution and displacement, looking for a land of freedom. As the American West opened up, waves of Jewish immigrants followed their dream. Jews contributed at every level of the new society: as explorers, artists, farmers, mayors and governors, sheriffs, and even outlaws. One Jew even became the only white man to become an Indian chief. This documentary chronicles their remarkable history.
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Title: Jewish American Patriots
Producer, Director: Dale Hansen Productions
Audience: adult
Length: 60 min.
Subject: Jews in the U.S. -- Military
Summary: Through archival photographs and expert testimonials this documentary traces the heroic acts of Jewish American patriots, from pre-revolutionary times to Desert Storm. Heroes such as Asher Levy, Haym Soloman, Commodore Uriah Levy, Sergeant Leopold Karpele, Seargeant Benjamin Kaufman, and others, are shown, as well as personal interviews with veterans from recent wars.
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Title: Jewish and Israeli Holiday Songs
Producer, Director: Israel Music
Audience: all
Subject: Israel -- Music
Summary: This video imparts basic knowledge about the Jewish holidays, the customs and history, along with familiar songs to sing along with family and friends. Traditional and modern songs are presented, enhanced by scenes of holiday spirit. 35 songs are included.
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Title: Jewish Chicago: 1833 - 1948
Producer, Director: WTTW 11
Audience: Adult
Length: 82 min.
Subject: Chicago -- Jewish Community
Summary: Through archival tootage, rare photographs and interviews, this video relives the compelling story of Chicago's Jewish community from the arrival of the first German Jews to frontier Chicago, through the founding of Israel. Written and produced by Geoffrey Baer and Dan Protess, introduced by John Callaway, and narrated by Mike Nussbaum.
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Title: Jewish Community of Berdichev
Producer, Director: Banks, Cheryl
Audience: all
Length: 30 min.
Subject: Jews in the Ukraine
Summary: This is a condensed, subtitled video, made by the people of Berdichev, Ukraine, when they celebrated Rosh Hashanah, 1997. Elderly and sick people are visited and given "New Year's goodies", the community celebration is shown, the children sing and dance. Very poignant.
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Title: Jewish Customs
Producer, Director: Edwards, Steve and Meyer, Meir
Audience: adult
Length: 50 min.
Subject: Customs and Ceremonies
Summary: This video contains segments on the Sabbath, kashrut, Hanukah, the shofar, the mezuzah and tefillin, and tzeddakah. Each segment is about 10 minutes long, and shows illustrations and video shots of rituals and practices.
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Title: Jewish Holidays Video Guide
Producer, Director: Asner, Ed
Audience: all
Length: 75 min.
Subject: Holidays
Summary: An excellent and thorough discussion of all of the holidays of the Jewish year, beginning with Shabbat. Shown by a family of four, every holiday's meaning and customs are represented informally and informatively. Special appearances by Ed Asner and Judge Wapner make this even more interesting.
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Title: Jewish Holidays:Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur
Producer, Director: Encyclopedia Britanica
Audience: elem. - adult
Length: 11 min.
Subject: High Holidays
Summary: An 11 minute video tape of a filmstrip production. It demonstrates the traditions, symbols, rituals and meanings of the High Holidays through the story of a little girl and her family. (Note: There is an implication in the video that this is a single- parent household, since the father only visits on the holiday.
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Title: Jewish Life in Vilna
Producer, Director: Goskind, Yitzhak
Audience: adult
Length: 10 min.
Subject: Jews in Poland
Summary: This rare film documentary captures the spirit of Jewish life in pre- World War II Vilna. Lively narration and music accompany film sequences of people engaged in the rituals and realities of daily existence, and Vilna's famous landmarks are shown. Produced in 1939, in Yiddish with English subtitles.
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Title: Jewish Luck
Producer, Director: Aleichem, Sholom
Audience: all
Length: 100 min.
Subject: Yiddish Fiction
Summary: This black and white silent movie was shot in 1925 with the actors of the Moscow Yiddish State Art Theatre, headed by Solomon Michoels. It is an adaptation to the cinema of "Menachem Mendel Letters" by Shalom Aleichem. Each one of those letters tells the story of a Jew who is leaving his house and going to wander on the roads in search of his luck, and who then finds it but loses it again.
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Title: Jewish Mother's Video Cookbook Vol. 1
Producer, Director: EMA Productions Ltd.
Audience: all
Length: 90 min.
Subject: Cooking
Summary: A delightful video cooking show, featuring Joanne Pepper and Jackie Frazin, which gives recipes and techniques for many Jewish dishes, including chopped liver, chicken soup, challah, kugel, strudel and even brisket.
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Title: Jewish Soul Music: The Art of Giora Feidman
Producer, Director: Barbash, Uri
Audience: all
Length: 50 min.
Subject: Music -- Jewish content
Summary: Giora Feidman is a clarinetist and Klezmer musician. For 18 years he played with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. Then he decided to return to his roots, to become a Klezmer, a Jewish "soul" musician. Today he researches, composes, and performs Klezmer all over the world. This film explores the world of Klezmer music.
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Title: Jewish Symbols: The Magic and the Meaning
Producer, Director: Doko
Audience: teen - adult
Length: 25 min.
Subject: Customs and Ceremonies
Summary: This video explores the meaning of the Judaic symbols, such as the menorah, star of David, the seven species. Included are the beginnings of Jewish mysticism and Kabbalah, as it explores the history and source of Jewish symbols.
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