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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: Jews in Arab Countries
Producer, Director: Verite Film Productions
Audience: teen - adult
Length: 28 min.
Subject: Jews in Arab Countries
Summary: This film focuses on Jewish refugees from Muslim Arab countries. Their unique history, customs and problems are discussed, in a thorough and informative manner. Questions are raised as to how many Jews still live in the Arab countries, and how they are treated, particularly in light of world press responses to Israeli treatment of Palestinians.
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Title: Jews of Djerba
Producer, Director: Cohe, Alain and Nizan, Georges
Audience: adult
Length: 26 min.
Subject: Jews in Djerba
Summary: Djerba, an island off the southeast coast of Tunisia, is home for a small and little known Jewish community. According to their tradition, Djerban Jews see their community as a living remnant of the Babylonian Jewish community created after the destruction of King Solomon's Temple over 2500 years ago. The traditions of this community are explored in this remarkable video.
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Title: Jews of Hungary; a Study in Survival
Producer, Director: Eternal Light/NBC
Audience: adult
Length: 60 min.
Subject: Jews in Hungary
Summary: Filmed in Hungary, this documentary shows the religious life of the remnant of Hungarian Jewry that survived the Holocaust.
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Title: Jews of Poland: Five Cities
Producer, Director: Goskind, Yitzhak and Shaul
Audience: adult
Length: 50 min.
Subject: Jews in Poland
Summary: Between 1938 and 1939, the two filmmakers visited six Jewish communities in Poland, in an effort to record the vitality of Jewish life. Their film is one of the last visual accounts of a once vibrant world. The film of Lodz was lost, but the remaining five are recorded on this video. Black and white.
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Title: Jihad in America
Producer, Director: Emerson, Steve
Audience: adult
Length: 60 min.
Subject: Terrorism
Summary: Steve Emerson's riveting report, first shown in 1995 on PBS, about how money is raised for Islamic extremists in the United States.
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Title: Jonah
Producer, Director: Hanna-Barbera
Audience: children
Length: 30 min.
Subject: Bible -- Animated
Summary: Jonah, now an elderly man, tells his tale of how G-d awakened him one night and told him to go to Ninevah and preach repentance. Jonah sets out on the journey, but goes by ship to Tarshish. He is thrown from the ship and lives in the belly of a great fish for three days until he repents. An excellent introduction to the Bible story.
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Title: Jonah and the Whale
Producer, Director: Rabbit Ears
Audience: all
Length: 30 min.
Subject: Bible -- Animated
Summary: Jason Robards narrates the story of Jonah, who rejects G-d and is swallowed by a whale, only to learn the lesson of forgiveness and obedience. The video is a series of paintings by Jeffrey Smith, and is accompanied by musice by George McDichian.
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Title: Joseph
Producer, Director: Turner Pictures
Audience: teen - adult
Length: 185 min.
Subject: Bible -- Personalities -- Joseph
Summary: Ben Kingsley is Potiphar, Martin Landau is Jacob, Paul Mercurio is Joseph, and Lesley Ann Warren is Potiphar's wife, in this made-for-television movie about Joseph. The film begins with Joseph's relationship with his brothers, who throw him into a pit, leaving him for dead, but he is later taken to Egypt where he works for Potiphar, and ultimately becomes vizier of Egypt.
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Title: Joseph and His Brothers
Producer, Director: Hanna-Barbera
Audience: children
Length: 30 min.
Subject: Bible -- Animated
Summary: A cartoon depiction of the story of Joseph, the coat of many colors, his brothers' animosity toward him, his travel to Egypt, rise to power, and ultimate confrontation with his brothers in Egypt. Very well done. The story is told as seen through the eyes of "time travelers." Appropriate for ages 4 and up, and but may require adult explanation.
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Title: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Producer, Director: Webber, Andrew Lloyd
Audience: all
Length: 78 min.
Subject: Bible -- Joseph
Summary: This is the fun-filled Broadway musical specially filmed for video. The production stars Donny Osmond, Maria Friedman, Richard Attenborough, and Joan Collins. A lively and colorful journey through ancient Egypt, the play follows the rags to riches story of Joseph, his eleven brothers, and his coat of many colors. Great music, enjoyable for the whole family.
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Title: Joseph King of Dreams
Producer, Director: Dreamworks
Audience: all
Length: 74 min.
Subject: Bible -- Animated
Summary: This delightful musical animated video is the story of Joseph, his relationship with his brothers and father, his journey to Egypt, and his rise to power in Egypt. Featuring the voice of Ben Affleck as Joseph, this video is suitable for all ages. Rated G, 2000.
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Title: Joshua and the Battle of Jericho
Producer, Director: Hanna-Barbera Productions
Audience: children
Length: 30 min.
Subject: Bible -- Animated
Summary: A cartoon depiction of the story of Joshua and the battle of Jericho as seen through the eyes of young "time travelers." Appropriate for ages 4 and up, but may require some adult explanation.
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Title: Journey Back, A
Producer, Director: McKenna, Brian
Audience: adult
Length: 60 min.
Subject: Holocaust -- Auschwitz
Summary: In this powerful and candid documentary, Jack Garfein, now a successful Broadway producer, returns to Auschwitz to confront his past. The sole survivor of his family, Garfein courageously searches for the truth behind the tragedy of the camps.
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Title: Journey of Butterfly
Producer, Director: Frye, Robert E.
Audience: all
Length: 62 min.
Subject: Holocaust -- Children
Summary: This documentary weaves together the music, art, poetry and history of the children imprisoned by the Nazis in the ghetto at Terezin from 1941 - 1945. The poetry written by the children at that time has been set to music by Charles Davidson in a concert of "I Never Saw Another Butterfly." A few children who survived tell their story in this haunting video.
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Title: Journey to America
Producer, Director: PBS/WGBH
Audience: teen - adult
Length: 60 min.
Subject: Immigration
Summary: This is a documentary produced by the Public Broadcasting System about immigrants moving to America at the turn of the century. Shown with archival footage, and coupled with letters, diaries, and oral interviews, the film vividly depicts the largest singgle human migration in recorded history.
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Title: Journey to Golda's Balcony
Producer, Director: Issembert, Yves Gerard
Audience: teen - adult
Length: 45 min.
Subject: Biography -- Meir, Golda
Summary: A behind-the-scenes look at the preparataion of an actor taking on the role of Golda Meir in her one-person play, Golda's Balcony. Includes a biography of Golda Meir woven into the narrative.
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Title: Journey to the Promised Land
Producer, Director: Doko Video and W.Z.O.
Audience: all
Length: 26
Subject: Jews in Ethiopia
Summary: Totally isolated for hundreds of years, Ethiopian Jews, some say from the lost tribe of Dan, immigrated to Israel, bringing with them unique tribal customs. Operation Solomon was the culmination of the Israeli plan to rescue Ethiopian Jewry. This is the moving story of their homecoming.
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Title: Journey to the Promised Land: The Long Homecoming of Ethiopian Jewry
Producer, Director: WZO Department of Education
Audience: all
Length: 26 min.
Subject: Jews in Ethiopia
Summary: This video tells the story of Ethiopian Jews, as they lived in Ethiopia, and culminating in their dramatic journey to Israel during Operation Solomon in 1991.
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Title: Journey, The
Producer, Director: Surtzel, Sara
Audience: teen
Length: 34 min.
Subject: Jewish Identity
Summary: A young Russian boy and an American Jewish engineer meet in Leningrad during World War II and form a friendship that changes both their lives. This story explores Jewish values and raises questions about the relationship between Jewish education and identity.
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Title: Joy of Passover, The
Producer, Director: Institute for Creative Jewish Media
Audience: teen - adult
Length: 30 min.
Subject: Passover
Summary: This video is a detailed depiction of a family celebrating the Passover seder, including all blessings and rituals. It is an excellent introduction to the details of running a seder.
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