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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: Operation Solomon
Producer, Director: American Assoc. for Ethiopian Jews
Audience: all
Length: 9 min.
Subject: Jews in Ethiopia
Summary: This excellent video was filmed during the weekend in which Operation Solomon took place in Addis Ababa, and shows the Ethiopian Jews as they gathered outside the Israeli embassy, were processed, put on buses and then planes, and then transported to Israel. Their arrival in Israel is only briefly shown. Should be used with Jerusalem on Line.
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Title: Operation Thunderbolt
Producer, Director: Golan, Menahem, producer
Audience: adult
Length: 124 min.
Subject: Israel -- Entebbe
Summary: Produced in Israel with the full cooperation of the Israeli government, this video recreates the events of the spectacular raid on Entebbe, to rescue the hostages. Filmed with realism and accuracy, and selected as Israel's entry for the Academy Awards, it stars Klaus Kinsky and Yehoram Gaon. Some leaders play themselves. Color, rated PG.
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Title: Oprah Winfrey -- Auschwitz Death Camp
Producer, Director: Winfrey, Oprah
Audience: teen - adult
Length: 60 min.
Subject: Holocaust -- Auschwitz
Summary: An Oprah Winfrey special, featuring Oprah Winfrey as she accompanies Elie Wiesel to Auschwitz.
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Title: Optimists, The
Producer, Director: Comforty, Jacky
Audience: teen - adult
Length: 82 min.
Subject: Holocaust -- Bulgaria
Summary: This is the remarkable story of the rescue of 55,000 Bulgarian Jews during the Holocaust in 1943 by Bulgarian Christians and Muslims who found ways to protect them from their would-be murderers. Bulgaria's experience offers valuable insight into how we can mobilize to protect human rights and civil rights. A powerful story.
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Title: Optimists, The
Producer, Director: Comforty, Jacky
Audience: teen
Length: 23 min.
Summary: A shorter classroom version of the original movie, this is the remarkable story of the rescue of 55,000 Bulgarian Jews during the Holocaust in 1943 by ordinary Bulgarian Christians and Muslims who found ways to protect them from their would-be murderers. Bulgaria's experience offers valuable insight into how we can mobilize to protect human rights and civil rights. A powerful story.
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Title: Or
Producer, Director: Yedaya, Keren
Audience: adult
Length: 100 min.
Subject: Hebrew Fiction
Summary: A popular teen, Or, works nights at a restaurant, but her real "job" is looking after her mother, Ruthie, a prostitute. Or's love, loyalty and resourcefulness are put to the test as Ruthie's compulsive self-destructiveness keeps driving her back to prostitution. Or is forced to choose between her mother's needs and her own life and new love. Some nudity and sexual situations. In Hebrew, with English subtitles.
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Title: Orde Wingate
Producer, Director: Hays, Bill, director
Audience: adult
Length: 4 hours
Subject: Biography -- Orde Wingate
Summary: Barry Foster stars as Orde Wingate, in a dramatization of the controversial World War II commander's military career. Born into a religious family, he became a passionate Zionist during his foreign service in Palestine. He developed revolutionary guerrilla tactics, which helped to prepare the future leaders of the IDF.
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Title: Our People:Congressman Sam
Producer, Director: Private Network Productions
Audience: teen - adult
Length: 30 min.
Subject: Jews in the U.S.
Summary: The first in a series about influential Jews in the United States, this is the fascinating story of Congressman Sam Gejdenson of Connecticut, who is a child of Holocaust survivors, lives on a dairy farm, speaks fluent Yiddish, and is a Democratic politician. Unusual, and very interesting. Narrated by Judd Hirsch. 1989.
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Title: Out for Love . . .be back shortly
Producer, Director: Katzir, Dan
Audience: teen - adult
Length: 55 min.
Subject: Israel
Summary: This first film, made by a 23-year old Israeli, expresses the outcry of a generation as it struggles to find love and privacy amid a reality of fear and hatred. Mr. Katzir's personal journey is set against the backdrop of historic events, such as terrorist attacks and the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin. A very gripping and moving video. In Hebrew, with English subtitles.
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Title: Outside Chance of Maxmilian Glick
Producer, Director: Goldstein, Allan A., director
Audience: teen - adult
Length: 95 min.
Subject: Bar Mitzvah -- Fiction
Summary: Max Glick is a typical 13 year old, growing up in a small town in Canada in the early 1960's. During the time of preparation for his Bar Mitzvah, Max discovers "love" for the first time, and also for the first time, disobeys his parents. This delightful film clearly depicts common adolescent conflicts and discoveries. Rated G.
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Title: Palestine for Victory
Producer, Director: Alden Films
Audience: adult
Length: 22 min.
Subject: Israel -- Early History
Summary: A vintage film from the Second World War which shows the Yishuv as the only reliable United Nations Ally in the Middle East. Featured are scenes of the Jewish Brigade, war production, and defense of the land. Produced by the JNF.
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Title: Paper Clips
Producer, Director: Weinstein, Bob
Audience: teen - adult
Length: 84 min.
Subject: Holocaust -- Whitwell Middle School
Summary: When the students of Tennessee's Whitwell Middle School began studying the Holocaust as a way to learn about intolerance and diversity, nobody could have predicted the results. In 2001, the Paper Clip Project culminated in a unique memorial that changed the lives of those who created it, as well as touching Holocaust survivors and people the world over. DVD includes bonus scene, interviews with Holocaust survivors, bonus interviews.
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Title: Partisans of Vilna
Producer, Director: Waletsky, Josh
Audience: adult
Length: 130 min.
Subject: Holocaust -- Resistance
Summary: A feature-length documentary film that explores Jewish resistance during World War II. It recounts the untold tale of the moral dilemmas facing the Jewish youth who organized an underground resistance in the Vilna Ghetto, and fought as partisans. Features interviews in Hebrew, Yiddish and English, with archival footage. 1986.
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Title: Passover
Producer, Director: Encyclopedia Britannica
Audience: elem. - adult
Length: 15 min.
Subject: Passover
Summary: Still pictures (on video) depict the entire story of Passover, from the Jews as slaves in Egypt to the Red Sea. Then, the seder and its symbols are discussed. An excellent introduction to the breadth of the holiday. No Hebrew is used.
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Title: Passover Adventure
Producer, Director: Kastel Commun.
Audience: teen - adult
Length: 28 min.
Subject: Passover
Summary: A young man goes on a modern Passover journey, from Egypt to Israel. The film includes footage of the desert, Jerusalem, hand- made matzot, and a kibbutz seder. Very unusual. 1984.
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Title: Passover at Bubbe's
Producer, Director: Pan-Imago, Inc.
Audience: children
Length: 30 min.
Subject: Passover
Summary: It's time to celebrate Passover at Bubbe's Boarding House, a place where all sorts of puppet characters meet to celebrate the holidays with Bubbe. As they prepare for the Seder, the puppet characters are taken back in time to Egypt, during the time of the Pharaohs. Original songs and traditional favorites are included.
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Title: Passover in Story and Song
Producer, Director: Israel Music
Audience: all
Length: 60 min.
Subject: Passover
Summary: This video, narrated by an Israeli (evident in the accent) retells the story of the exodus and describes the holiday of Pesah, the meaning of the matzot, haggadah, and the seder, and includes familiar Passover songs. It focuses on the Israeli customs of the holiday.
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Title: Passover Seder, A
Producer, Director: Wiesel, Elie
Audience: all
Length: 30 min.
Subject: Passover
Summary: Elie Wiesel invites you and your family for a Passover Seder. With an engaging combination of live action, original illustrations and animation, you are guided through highlights of a Seder, incorporating some of Wiesel's special memories and poetic interpretations. Children will be delighted with the animation and songs, and parents will learn from the commentary. A memorable celebration of the holiday.
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Title: Pawnbroker
Producer, Director: Lumet, Sidney
Audience: adult
Length: 120 min.
Subject: Fiction
Summary: Rod Steiger earned an Oscar nomination for his stunning performance as a survivor of a World War II death camp. He now runs a Harlem pawnshop and lives a bitter and miserable life. It is only after an act of violence occurs in his store that he reassess the human spirit. 1965.
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Title: People Chosen, A: Who is a Jew?
Producer, Director: Krosney, Herb
Audience: adult
Length: 57 min.
Subject: Jewish Identity
Summary: This film centers on the intensive, continuing debate among government and the private sector, inside and outside of Israel, over the role religion plays in identity. It asks people of different walks of life: Who is a Jew? Orthodox Jews, atheists, sabras, Russian immigrants, shopkeepers, and kibbutzniks are all interviewed.
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