EGG CREAM is a short film about the enduring meaning of a beloved chocolate soda drink born on the Jewish Lower East Side. The egg cream contained neither eggs nor cream – it was a product of necessity and hardship, but a source of joy and sweetness. Through and a tour of egg cream establishments...

What response does seeing human suffering demand of us? Filmmaker Julia Haslett seeks an answer in the life and work of controversial French thinker, activist, and mystic Simone Weil (1909-1943) –– a woman Albert Camus described as “the only great spirit of our time.”

"A profound and moving film...

People from all over the world have come to love Israeli writer Etgar Keret for his surreal short stories and his hilarious live performances. As The Guardian wrote: “Spending time with him is like entering the world of his stories: suddenly, everything seems slightly off-kilter, full of comic po...

What is it like to be captured during war and mistaken for being a spy? How is it to live six years in hiding dressed like a girl, when you are a young boy? What happens when you have experienced such gruesome things, that you are trying to keep your own memory away? In Every face has a name Elsi...

Based on a true story, FANNY’S JOURNEY is an incredible tale of bravery, strength and survival, a story of a daring young girl who will stop at nothing and fear no one. In 1943, 13-year old Fanny and her younger sisters were sent from their home in France to an Italian foster home for Jewish chil...

In 1945, 25-year-old Hungarian man Miklós is being treated at a Swedish hospital after having been freed from a concentration camp. The doctors diagnose him with a severe lung disease and tell him that he has no more than six months to live. But he refuses to give up, wants to find a wife with wh...

The story of one American-Jewish family’s obsession with gefilte fish and the ritual of making it – in huge quantities – every Passover. As the Hermelins all agree, like Proust’s madeleine, the beloved dish is so much more than just food: it’s also memories, tradition and what binds them together...

In April 1945, British producer Sidney Bernstein (and his friend/advisor Alfred Hitchock) began preparing a documentary from footage shot by cameramen accompanying troops as they liberated occupied Europe from the Nazis, revealing the atrocities committed at camps such as Bergen-Belsen with devas...

When Jewish Federal Prosecutor Fritz Bauer sets out to root out Nazi war criminals in post-war Germany, he runs into an invisible conspiracy at all levels of government trying to block his way. So when Adolf Eichmann shows up in Argentina, Bauer turns to the Mossad instead...

An international po...

The legendary song "Gloomy Sunday" (famously recorded by Billie Holiday) inspires this marvelous love story with a twist. On the eve of World War II in the lush and romantic city of Budapest, three people are caught in a love triangle that will span the twentieth century, haunted by the song that...

A stirring story of sports, patriotism and personal growth, Heading Home charts the underdog journey of Israel's national baseball team competing for the first time in the World Baseball Classic. After years of defeat, Team Israel is finally ranked among the world's best in 2017, eligible to comp...

The Admor of Sanz-Klausenburg was a rabbi who experienced personal devastation and despite this succeeded in rehabilitating his own life and that of his Chassidic community. Through his heroic story, the film presents the narratives of the Holocaust as told by different members of the ultra-Ortho...

When Boston bagel maker Larry Baras wanted to create a professional baseball league in Israel, his idea was met with incredulity, dismissal and even hostility. He attempted it anyway.

Among the ballplayers swept up in his unlikely quest: a 41-year-old father of three with a Peter Pan complex; a ...

Lucas is a young lawyer with a penchant for detective stories. When he meets the smart and sexy Barbara at a cafe, he is enamored - but things aren't always what they seem. After Barbara goes home with Lucas, he wakes up to find his financial savings (and Barbara) gone. Determined to find her a...

Award-winning filmmaker Michael Verhoeven ("The White Rose", "The Nasty Girl") goes on a search to unearth evidence documenting one of the greatest robberies in human history - the expropriation of assets from German Jews during the Third Reich.

This benefited virtually every German citizen. It ...

Travel around the world, across religious and cultural divides, to discover the origins of the nutritious chickpea dish, and meet a diverse group of hummus disciples, including those vying for the title of "World's Largest Serving of Hummus."

A Film by Oren Rosenfeld
Israel, 2016
Documentary
En...

A dark story which took place in Argentina in the early 20th century. The “Impure” was how the Argentinian Jewish pimps were called by the “normal” Jewish community. They were vicious organization leaders and brothel owners who practiced religious lives while trafficking thousands of unfortunate ...

In the dead of night, filmmaker Rana Abu Fraiha's parents left their house in the Bedouin village, Tel Sheva, and moved, perhaps 'fled', to Omer, a nearby Jewish town. For more than 20 years of life in Omer, Rana was convinced that she was like everyone else around them, till her mother became il...

Join award-winning Chef Michael Solomonov on a delicious journey to meet Israel's top chefs, home cooks, vintners, and cheese-makers drawn from the more than 100 cultures that make up Israel today, and discover the rich and human story that emerges from their food.

Directed by Roger Sherman
U...

The delivery of a battered suitcase to Fumiko Ishioka at the Tokyo Holocaust Museum begins the true-life mystery that became the subject of Karen Levineʼs best-selling book Hanaʼs Suitcase. The suitcase came from the Auschwitz Museum and had Hana Bradyʼs name painted on it. Larry Weinsteinʼs mast...

An 80-year-old translator, Ali Ungár, comes across a book written by a former SS officer recounting his war experiences in Slovakia. Ali realizes that one of the chapters may well describe his own parents’ execution. And so, armed with a pistol, he sets off to Vienna to look for the SS man and ta...

Winner of Best Israeli Film at the Jerusalem Film Festival, Ronit Elkabetz stars in the beautiful story of two families from different worlds who must face their differences head on when they discover their twenty-something year old children have fallen in love and become pregnant.

Starring Roni...

A 91-year-old Holocaust survivor donates his violin of 70 years to a local instrument drive, changing the life of a 12-year-old school girl from Bronx, and unexpectedly, his own. A poignant story about the power of music and small acts connecting people across generations and cultures.

Directed ...

David and Elza, a brother and sister on the run from Nazi Germany find themselves in the train station of Sofia, Bulgaria, where they are adopted by a trio of travelling actors. Joining their act as they tour the Bulgarian countryside, these performers use their wit and charm to help the children...