Added: 17th December 2007 Posted By:Yarden Views: 635 Comments:0
Operation Solomon on Friday May 24, 1991: Over the course of 36 hours, a total of 34 El Al Hercules c-130s - with their seats removed to maximize passenger capacity - flew non-stop. 14,325 Ethiopian Jews came home to Israel, to be greeted by thousands of Israelis who gathered at temporary...
Added: 27th August 2007 Posted By:FunnyJew Views: 371 Comments:0
Jack Gives Johnny Carson advice - originally aired in 1955 (season 6, episode 4) of the Jack Benny Program. Jack Benny (born Benjamin Kubelsky in 1894) was a contemporary of the Marx Brothers, at one point accompanying their vaudeville stage show with violin in the orchestra pit.
"A Farewell Letter to a Beloved Land" - Gush Katif expellee, Shlomi Bashan, writes songs to cope with the eviction. After two years of soul-shaking storms and wanderings in Israel, 27-year-old Gush Katif expellee Shlomi Bashan has committed his thoughts and feelings on paper and released a new...
Added: 10th February 2008 Posted By:Yarden Views: 771 Comments:0
MY FATHER MY LORD (Hofshat Kaits) - Director: David Volach, Country: Israel released 2007 - Duration: 73 min. Language: Hebrew w/ English subtitles. One of 19 children raised in a Haredi, or ultra-Orthodox, family in Jerusalem, David Volach draws upon his upbringing to create his first feature...
Added: 27th April 2008 Posted By:Yarden Views: 592 Comments:0
One of the finest educators and activists of the Jewish community of California is Dr. Daryl Temkin, who efforts on behalf of the beseiged Gush Katif refugees are well-known. Daryl was filmed in Independence Park in central Jerusalem talking about his views of the last few years of Israeli...
Added: 8th June 2008 Posted By:Yarden Views: 347 Comments:0
One of the most misunderstood of Jewish communities in the post-WWII diaspora is the Polish community. This flash tickler should portray that mood and feeling. The Galicia Jewish Museum exists to commemorate the victims of the Holocaust and to celebrate the Jewish culture of Polish Galicia,...
Added: 17th June 2008 Posted By:MusicJew Views: 437 Comments:0
Heedoosh live from B.B. Kings NYC - As its name implies, the music of this new band is something of a revelation. The brainchild of two Israeli Yemenite brothers, Yahav and Yaniv Tsaidi, Heedoosh performs deeply personal, spiritual Jewish rock music that pulls no punches. The songs are of...
Added: 17th June 2008 Posted By:moviejewie Views: 312 Comments:0
"Eyewitness - 60 Years Trailer" - Israel, as envisioned through the lens of the internationally acclaimed photographer David Rubinger, the laureate of the Israeli Award for Photography. Rubinger began his career in 1947 and has since documented famous leaders and exciting characters, witnessing...