Commandment 613 Rabbi Kevin Hale joyfully practices the sacred craft of a Torah scribe, bringing new life to scrolls saved during the Shoah. As his work takes him to communities now entrusted with the scrolls, he reflects on his own path to faith and practice – and the many ways to fulfill the final commandment in the...
A Blood Artist A Blood Artist is a short documentary about Axel Stocks (1946-2016), who was born to a Jewish woman in a displaced persons camp immediately after the Second World War. Her husband, a Jew, and her whole family,had already been exterminated. In order to survive, she was forced to have sex with the Nazis. After the...
And the alley she whitewashed in light blue At a time of existential threat to the physical and human environment we live in, Architect/Director Nili Portugali takes us into a deeply intimate journey in the Kabbala holy city of Tsefat. A journey that unfolds gradually from her present holistic/Buddhist/scientific Point of View to a discovery of profound universal insights of: What is their...
Monkey Business Curious George is the most popular monkey in the world. Since his introduction in the first publication in 1941, the beloved series has sold over 75 million books in more than 25 languages. MONKEY BUSINESS explores the lesser-known tale of George’s creators, Hans and Margret Rey. Originally from Hamburg, Germany, the Reys first met when...
100/100 The Itinerant Portraitist In 2017 the Hebrew Home at Riverdale, NY turned 100. Over the course of that year, portrait painter Brenda Zlamany painted 100 of the residents. 100 surprising, unique and inspiring stories emerged. Through the collaborative nature of the portrait process this film focuses on the engagement between artist and subject. Elderly people in our society...