Bitter Paradise Jewish sculptor Teresa Feodorowna Ries was born in Budapest on January 30, 1866, and is considered one of Austria’s most influential and important artists. She was not only a celebrated and gifted sculptor, but also a pioneer for women’s rights and emancipation. She was considered a kind of pop star of the time, who cleverly...
Legends & Legacies: A Story of a Community ‘Legends & Legacies: A Story of a Community’ is an 8-part documentary series on the history and contribution of South African Jews.
What She Lost What She Lost is the second episode of a documentary series in which the stories of the Holocaust are shared by the 2nd and 3rd Generations.
What She Lost What She Lost is the second episode of a documentary series in which the stories of the Holocaust are shared by the 2nd and 3rd Generations.
Nina’s Children Nina’s Children tells the story about a Jewish orphanage in Oslo during World War II, and Nina Hasvoll Meyer, the woman who rescued the children and became like a mother to them. The children came to Oslo in 1938 and 1939 from Austria and Czechoslovakia. One of the children is the film directors father, Berthold...
The Long-lost Cheiderbook When eight-year-old Lily, arrives at her weekly cheider school – where she learns about Jewish religion and traditions, she meets up with the mysterious priest, Arne, who has found something peculiar to be returned. But entering the Jewish community, as an outsider, is not easy. Soon the two of them are locked up in the...
THROUGH THE DARKNESS THROUGH THE DARKNESS illuminates the relationship between two Jewish Austrian artistic geniuses: a story that would change their lives and modern culture forever. In 1907, the aspiring composer Arnold Schoenberg made friends with the brilliant and unknown painter Richard Gerstl. Gerstl and Schoenberg not only shared a passion for art, but also a love for...
Preserving the Holocaust 75 years after the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau a dedicated group of young Polish conservators are preserving artifacts that refute Holocaust denial and honor those killed there.
A QUESTION OF SURVIVAL A QUESTION OF SURVIVAL is an eye-opening portrait of three Bulgarian Jews – Chaim Zemach, a cellist; Robert Bakish, an engineer; and Misha Avramoff, a social worker on the Lower East side of Manhattan in New York – as they struggle to place their unusual experiences during World War II into the more common narrative...