Limited streaming release this weekend: A film that will inspire all viewers to ask questions about the great-grandparents that they may have never met.
“Cinema Sabaya” has already won five Ophir Awards (Israeli Academy of Film and Television), including Best Picture, Best Director for Rotem, and Best Supporting Actress for Joanna Said.
Actor, Broadway singer and cantorial soloist Rena Strober reconnected to her Jewish roots in a very unusual way: while hiding under a table at an Italian restaurant in Spanish Harlem during a Mob hit and finding herself reciting the Shema.
Founded by documentary filmmaker Rachel Fleischer, Moving Memories creates videos for anyone who wants the sight and sound of a family member preserved deliberately for their youngest descendants.
Ladin humbly attributes his memorable roles to great storylines, but he has clearly carved a reputation for playing the roles of intense characters.
“Kaddish,” which originally premiered in 1984, is an intimately powerful documentary about the effects of the Holocaust on its first- and second-generation survivors.
The film is punctuated by world leaders speaking of their experiences with Peres, among them British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and former U.S. Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama.
The 20-minute film is based on the real childhood story of director Shulamit Lifshitz discovering her grandmother Shifra’s diary about being sent to Auschwitz and witnessing the brutal murder of her sister Tzipora.
The film “My Name Is Sara” tells the true and arduous story of a Jewish girl who survived by pretending not to be Jewish.
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