Posts Tagged ‘ documentaries ’

Sleeping Through the Holocaust in Ukrainian Caves

May 22, 2013
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no-place-on-earth

When 5-year-old Sima Dodyk emerged from the cave where she spent almost 2 years, she cried to her mother to “turn off the candle.” So foreign was the blinding sun, she favored the dark. In the 2012 documentary No Place on Earth, we hear from Sima and 4 of her relatives who, with…

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Israel’s Secret Army

May 21, 2013
By
machal2

In 1948, on the eve of Israel’s independence, a group of Jewish fighter pilots climbed into reclaimed…

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The Seven Dwarves of Auschwitz

May 8, 2013
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7-d2

You probably know that very few families survived Auschwitz intact. But did you know that among them…

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How to Re-Establish a Vodka Empire

May 6, 2013
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vodka-empire

Until finding his grandmother Maroussia Zorokovich’s diaries, Daniel Edelstyn didn’t…

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Child Survivors Return Home

April 26, 2013
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never-forget2

What happens when a documentarian turns the camera…

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Carrie Bradshaw and Mr. Spock Explain the Hasids

March 13, 2013
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a-life-apart

Who wouldn’t want a behind-the-scenes guided tour through Hasidic…

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Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Leonard Cohen

February 28, 2013
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ladies-and-gentlemen

Before he recorded “Suzanne” or “Hallelujah” or retreated to a…

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The Woman Who Smuggled Children From the Ghetto

February 15, 2013
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irena-sendler1

When Nazi tanks rolled into Warsaw in 1939,…

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Russian-Israeli Settlers in “The Territory”

February 13, 2013
By
the-territory

Amid all the debate about the Israeli settler movement there’s…

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“Koch”: The Mayor, The Movie

February 8, 2013
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koch

Former 3-term New York City mayor Ed Koch…

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About Face

December 3, 2012
By
spiegel1

Imagine leaving Eastern Europe on the cusp of World…

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Grandma Was Friends With a Nazi?

November 14, 2012
By
the-flat1

Cleaning out a deceased family member’s apartment may…

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