Added: 24th February 2008 Posted By:Yarden Views: 216 Comments:0
Comedian Carl Reiner tells a moving and at times hilarious story about preparing for his bar mitzvah and his memory of that big day in his life. He also recalls the little tenement shuls on the Lower East Side.
Added: 18th March 2008 Posted By:Yarden Views: 348 Comments:0
PBS Documentary "The Came For Good" is a Two-part PBS Series on the history of Jews in America, early 1600s to mid-1800s. From the first Sephardic Jews arriving in New Amsterdam to Ashkenazi American icon Levi Straus. If there were one period in history that most defined the cultural course for...
Added: 10th May 2008 Posted By:Yarden Views: 725 Comments:0
"The Visions of Israel" - Shot with the latest high definition technology from a helicopter-mounted camera, planned to precision with compasses for optimum lighting and angles, and scored with traditional regional music, WLIW New York's VISIONS aerial series has thrilled PBS audiences nationwide....
Added: 25th May 2008 Posted By:Yarden Views: 1380 Comments:0
Biographer Neil Baldwin and historians Hasia Diner, and Jonathan D. Sarna discuss the virulent history of anti-semitism by the 20th century industrialist Henry Ford - see Ford accept a medal from the Nazi regime at the end of his life - and note that Hitler himself praised Ford in his book "Mein...
Added: 25th May 2008 Posted By:Yarden Views: 230 Comments:0
Historian Deborah Dash Moore and Rabbi Rachel Cowan explain Abigail Franks' dilemma as see struggled with the assimilation of her Jewish family into American culture.
Added: 3rd June 2008 Posted By:Yarden Views: 625 Comments:0
"Yiddish Theatre in America" - Author/film critic J. Hoberman, music director of the San Francisco Symphony Michael Tilson Thomas, actor Fyvush Finkel, and playwright Tony Kushner discuss the importance of the Yiddish Theater. Mr. Thomas is the grandson of Boris Thomashefsky, the premiere star of...
Added: 30th June 2008 Posted By:wehavehistory Views: 945 Comments:0
THE JEWISH AMERICANS, a three-part documentary series written and directed by the Emmy Award-winning filmmaker David Grubin, examines the struggle of a tiny minority to make its way into the American mainstream. While the story of Jewish life in America is emblematic of the American immigrant...
Added: 11th July 2008 Posted By:isralife Views: 277 Comments:0
Based on REAL POWER (Feldheim Publishers), new book by New York Times bestselling author, Dr. Dovid Lieberman, this lecture draws on the wisdom of Torah and fundamental principles in psychology to help us to better understand and improve ourselves and our relationships. Visit www.David613.com...