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NEW SEPTEMBER DVDs These titles are now available for check out.
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It's a little-known fact that Elvis Presley-the most Christian icon of American pop culture-was the direct descendant of Jews. This video provides a behind-the-scenes account of the search, from Graceland to Israel, to find the true Jewish roots of the King. With the help of a Hasidic Jewish Elvis impersonator, Dan Hartel, who performs at senior citizens' homes under the stage name "Schmelvis," and an eccentric Orthodox rabbi named Reuben Poupko, Elvis's Jewish roots are traced all the way to Israel. WATCH THE TRAILER HERE:
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Just One Kiss/Love, Classified Just One Kiss: Sparks fly between Professor Mia and lounge singer Tony through a series of chance encounters. Little do they know their mothers are scheming to set them up. Love Classified: Romance novelist, Emilia, returns home after a long absence, to reconnect with her children who also are finding their own paths to love. WATCH THE TRAILER HERE:
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A Royal Runaway Romance: Princess Amelia of Bundbury travels across America to explore a budding romance with an artist, only to fall in love with her bodyguard Grady. Butlers In Love: In a prestigious butler academy, passionate Emma and rebellious Henry train to become royal butlers where the competition is fierce and sparks fly. WATCH THE TRAILER HERE:
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The World of Sholom AleichemA bookseller tries to buy a goat in a town of fools; when the newly deceased Bontsche arrives in heaven and is offered paradise, he instead makes a modest request; a man and wife try to get their son into a secular school. NO TRAILER AVAILABLE
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Cup FinalInstead of attending the 1982 Barcelona World Cup soccer games an Israeli soldier is part of the Lebanon invasion force. His only solace when he is captured by PLO soldiers is that his captor is a soccer fanatic too. NO TRAILER AVAILABLE
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Golem: The Spirit of ExileA modern setting for a biblical tale melded with a medieval parable where the wives of murdered brothers are exiled from Paris to wander on the fringe of society. NO TRAILER AVAILABLE
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Worst Person in the WorldFollows a woman entering her thirties as she vacillates between her artistic passions and career, the question of motherhood, and the relationships with two men. WATCH THE TRAILER HERE:
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The Year My Parents Went on VacationAmidst the World Cup tournament and political turmoil of 1970, twelve-year-old Mauro must adjust to living in his Jewish grandfather's multi-ethnic neighborhood after his left-wing parents are forced into hiding. WATCH THE TRAILER HERE:
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FirestarterA little girl with the power to start fires with her mind and her telekinetic father try to save themselves from a government agency intent on destroying them. Based on the Stephen King novel. WATCH THE TRAILER HERE:
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Nazi HuntersTells how a select band of secret agents and avengers hunted down some of the most evil men in history and finally brought them to justice. TRAILER NOT AVAILABLE
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A comprehensive examination of the broad and deep connections between the Jewish people and the land of Israel. World-renowned historians, archaeologists, political scientists, religious leaders, and experts in international law and media trace the evocative evolution of the relationship between the Jewish people and their homeland that is over 3,000 years old.
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Dobby Baum LiveAll Rising Star, Dobby Baum has put together a show like never seen before, including professional dancers, world renowned singers, the Brooklyn Girls Choir and Shimi Adar as emcee; witness the unforgettable performance that is HEARTWARMING and INSPIRING. WATCH THE TRAILER HERE:
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FireWorks! An Electric Evening of Song, Dance, and InspirationEzer Mizion presents FireWorks! An electric evening of song, dance, and inspiration you don’t want to miss. Featuring: Bracha Jaffe and the Zahav Band, Danielle Renov of Peas Love N’ Carrots Shaindy Plotzker, Risa Drizin and Child soloist Esther Krohn Dance performances by Rhonda Malkin and Mayan Davis Experience the music. Feel the energy. Spread the warmth. WATCH THE TRAILER HERE:
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The Golden Age of Second AvenueHost Herschel Bernardi takes a look at the birth of the Jewish-American culture, and the Yiddish theater in America. Includes an introduction by Theodore Bikel. WATCH THE TRAILER HERE:
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The Hidden ChildThe Hidden Child tells the story of a six year old girl and her sister, separated from their parents, dodging bullets, lying for survival, and relying on the compassion of strangers and saved from the Nazi death camps by courageous Christians. NO TRAILER AVAILABLE
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Hiding and Seeking: Faith and Tolerance After the HolocaustA Jewish father takes his ultra-orthodox sons to Poland to find the Christian farmers who hid and saved their family during World War II, hoping to teach his sons about tolerance, trust and to recognize the potential decency of all people. WATCH THE TRAILER HERE:
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Never Forget to LieFilmmaker Marian Marzynski, who survived the Holocaust as a Jewish child hidden among Catholics, explores his own wartime childhood and the experiences of other child survivors. Talking with some of the last remaining witnesses of the Holocaust, he delves into what it means to have an identity forged under circumstances where survival began with the directive "never forget to lie." WATCH THE TRAILER HERE:
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1913: Seeds of ConflictExamines a critical yet overlooked moment of transformation in Palestine, long before the Balfour Declaration and British Mandate period usually considered the matchstick for today's ongoing struggles. It was a time when identities were fluid and few Arabs or Jews living there could imagine the conflict that would engulf their region for the next century. WATCH THE TRAILER HERE:
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Of Animals and MenJan and Antonina Zabinski, the keepers of the Warsaw Zoo in Poland, saved nearly 300 Jews during the Second World War. This is a poignant documentary that is an extraordinary true story about the humanitarian spirit, as exemplified by two people who, with enormous personal risk to themselves, faced the most challenging circumstances with bravery and decency. In 1965, Jan and Antonina Zabinski were recognized by Yad Vashem as Righteous Among the Nations. WATCH THE TRAILER HERE:
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Secrets of KabbalahExamines the form of Jewish mysticism known as Kabbalah and its popularity in today's culture. WATCH THE TRAILER HERE:
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With a long legacy that has brought them from slavery to the heights of wealth and power in Los Angeles, the Sanders family is now at a crossroads. Their world is turned upside down when matriarch Pamela Sanders suddenly and mysteriously dies, leaving her husband Cameran desperately trying to keep the family united. His daughter Theresa's scandalous affair, young Torrance's potential NBA career and Cameran Jr.s' out of control lifestyle all threaten to tear the Sanders apart.
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A House Divided. Season 4The Sanders family continues to navigate chaos and turmoil as their world rapidly unravels. A new season ... a new set of twists and turns reveal the fate of this once all-powerful empire. WATCH THE TRAILER HERE:
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