Bernstein Home Movies
(1947),
footage on board the Exodus as it smuggled Jewish refugees to British-held Palestine
(2002 Federal Grants).
Blau Home Movies
(1930),
rare surviving footage of Jewish family life in Berlin before Hitler's rise to power and the Blau's flight to America
(2000 Federal Grants).
Broken Barriers
(1919),
silent feature adaptation of the Sholem Aleichem story that became Fiddler on the Roof
(2017 Federal Grants).
Cantor on Trial
(1931),
Yiddish-language music short, with Leibele Waldman, poking fun at a synagogue's search for the perfect cantor for the High Holiday services
(2001 Federal Grants).
A Day on the Featherlane Farm
(1948),
portrait of a New Jersey colony of Jewish chicken farmers by professional photographer Mortimer Goldman
(2000 Federal Grants).
Histadrut: Builder of a Nation
(1945),
American film promoting Jewish immigration to Palestine
(2003 Federal Grants).
Hungary
(1939-40),
scenes of a Zionist summer camp shot by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
(2006 Federal Grants).
Iran
(1950-51),
fundraiser showing the Jewish Joint Distribution Committee’s work assisting Iranian Jews
(2006 Federal Grants).
The Jester (Der Purimspiler)
(1937),
Yiddish-language musical comedy co-directed by American Joseph Green and Jan Nowina-Przybylski
(2007 Federal Grants).
Jews in Poland
(1956),
Yiddish-language documentary about the brief renewal of Jewish life in Warsaw under Communism
(2001 Federal Grants).
Kol Nidre
(1939),
Yiddish-language musical, directed by Joseph Seiden, exploring assimilation and generational conflict
(2011 Federal Grants).
Kol Nidre
(1930s),
sound short of celebrated cantor Adolph Katchko
(2005 Federal Grants).
Last Night We Attacked
(1947),
argument for the use of violence in the struggle to create Israel
(2012 Federal Grants).
Lehrman Weiner Home Movies
(1949),
scenes filmed in the newly-established state of Israel
(2009 Federal Grants).
Love and Sacrifice (Libe un Laydnshaft)
(1936),
an American-produced Yiddish-language melodrama about a woman who shoots the man who compromises her
(Treasures of American Film Archives).
Manischewitz Collection
(1924–57),
home movies of the family whose name is synonymous with kosher products in America
(2004 Federal Grants).
Morgenthau Trip to Israel
(1951),
footage of the visit to Israel by the former Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau
(2004 Federal Grants).
Of These Our People
(1946),
Samuel Brody's documentary of anti-Semitism in post-war America and plea for greater racial and ethnic understanding
(2000 Federal Grants).
Oshamnu Mikol Om
(1930s),
sound short of cantor David Roitman
(2005 Federal Grants).
The Story of Matzo, Parts 1 and 2
(1930s),
profile of Streit’s Matzo Factory, the last matzo factory in Manhattan
(2009 Federal Grants).
A Tale of Two Worlds
(1948),
fundraiser showing the international refugee assistance programs of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
(2000 Federal Grants).
Tribute to Eddie Cantor
(1957),
fundraiser honoring Eddie Cantor on his 65th birthday and including remarks by Harry S. Truman on American policy in Israel
(2002 Federal Grants).
United May Day Parade
(1950),
footage of the New York City May Day celebration, including shots of Paul Robeson on the dais
(2004 Federal Grants).
Zegart Collection
(1945-1948),
award-winning combat photographer Arthur Zegart's documentary footage of the liberation of the Ebensee concentration camp and the plight of Jewish refugees in post-war Europe
(Treasures of American Film Archives).