Jewish Life Movies

No Jewish divorce is complete without the man literally giving the woman her freedom back. With Israel having neither civil marriage nor divorce,...

In 1940s Germany, a young boy stumbles upon a Jewish girl in hiding.

Stamford Hill in North London is home to a community of 30,000 Hasidic Jews. Aiming to preserve a way of life they had in eighteenth century Poland...

The story of Sally, a ten year old girl whose one wish is to celebrate a memorable Hanukkah despite her Grandmother Jessica’s desire to help...

Moisés is a Jewish boy who dreams of eating tacos al pastor, but his mother and his religion forbid them.

From challah to immigration to the wandering Jew, Ma Nishma Manitoba is a mid-length documentary that explores Manitoban Jewish stories of identity...

On the way to creating a new future, the New Jewish Filmmaking Project is rediscovering the past. 11 young storytellers, ages 15-25, collaborated...

A 90-year-old Jewish woman reflects on her life experiences as she prepares to try bacon for the first time.

A look at the Jewish community in Rădăuți, Romania, from 1974 to 1976.

Betty Van Sevenant, a young resistance fighter from Bruges, arrested in March 1942, was declared "Nacht und Nebel". She recounts her deportation to...

On the way to creating a new future, the New Jewish Filmmaking Project is rediscovering the past. 11 young storytellers, ages 15-25, collaborated...

On the way to creating a new future, the New Jewish Filmmaking Project is rediscovering the past. 11 young storytellers, ages 15-25, collaborated...

A woman must make a decision about her happiness and identity.

In April 1992, ultra-orthodox Jews of the Athra-Kadisha came to Hamburg to demonstrate against the final destruction of the Jewish cemetery. The...