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  • Film, Video
    Sereṭ ʻaravit = Fīlm ʻarabī = Arab movie
    סרט ערבית = فيلم عربي = Arab movie / | Variant title from disc: Arab movie | Fīlm ʻarabī Catalog Record Only
    "So many Israelis still wax nostalgic about that old Friday afternoon ritual, back in the times when television had just one channel. Everyone would watch the Arab movie of the week, but did anybody ever wonder how Israel's official TV station was able to transcend hostile boundaries to obtain these films, and why it insisted on showing movies made by "the enemy"? The Arabic-language...
    • Contributor: Tsifroni, Sara - Israel and Judaica Section Video Collection (Library of Congress) - Trabelsi Productions - Bizawe, Eyal Sagui - Goldberg, Ayal
    • Date: 2015
  • Film, Video
    Ṭehorah la-ʻad
    טהורה לעד / | Variant title from container: Forever pure Catalog Record Only
    "One season and one football team in crisis, as power, money and politics fuel a club spiralling out of control"--IMDb.
    • Contributor: Zinshtein, Maya - Gaydamak, Arcadi - Third Ear (Firm) - Israel and Judaica Section Video Collection (Library of Congress) - Maya Films - Yes Docu (Firm : Israel)
    • Date: 2016
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    Independence for a day
    Atsmaʼut le-yom eḥad Catalog Record Only
    "A personal and national journey into the cultural, social and historical landscape of ourselves, as it examines the distinctions between the (Israeli) founders' intentions and the result, encounters figures who are part of this landscape and attempts to create an image for remembrance of a state on a day." -- Container.
    • Contributor: Carmely, Liviu - Israel and Judaica Section Video Collection (Library of Congress) - Ruth Diskin Films (Firm)
    • Date: 2003
  • Film, Video
    The Hebrew Superhero
    Hebrew superheroes | Hebrew super hero | Gibor ha-ʻal ha-ʻIvri Catalog Record Only
    "In this rare energetic cinematic treat, filmmakers Shaul Betser and Asaf Galay trace the little-known history of Israeli comics--from the medium's humble and messy roots to the modern day characters created by Dudu Geva, Rutu Modan and Etgar Keret. Often imitating American comics, artists redefined the superhero for Israeli and Jewish contexts. Featuring brilliant uses of animation and interviews with many of these artists,...
    • Contributor: Galay, Asaf - Antenna Productions (Firm : Israel) - Israel and Judaica Section Video Collection (Library of Congress) - Betser, Shaul
    • Date: 2014
  • Film, Video
    Welcome and ...our condolences
    Bruchim Habayim ve... Mishtatfim Betzaarchem | Berukhim ha-baʼim ṿe... mishtatfim be-tsaʻarekhem Catalog Record Only
    "The year is 1991. The beginning of the massive Jewish immigration wave from the USSR to Israel. 12 years old Misha is documenting his family's journey on a home-video camera. The already traumatic immigration experience is enhanced up to absurd proportions, when the family's old aunt dies on the plane just before they reach the land of their ancestors. Now, the family will have...
    • Contributor: Prudovsky, Leon - Sandler, Gera - Mecklberg, Haim - Schur-Selektar, Ola - Go2films (Firm) - Adika, Eigal - Yacov-Mecklberg, Estee - Israel and Judaica Section Video Collection (Library of Congress) - Ḳaplan, ʻirit
    • Date: 2012
  • Film, Video
    Aḳevot bi-Yerushalayim : meḥeṿah le-Daṿid Perlov
    / | Footsteps In Jerusalem | Iḳevot "bi-Yerushalayim" Catalog Record Only
    "A tribute to David Perlov, the forefather of modern Israeli documentary cinema and to his 1963 revolutionary film In Jerusalem made a few years before the 1967 War in a divided city. 50 years after In Jerusalem, and inspired by Perlov, leading filmmakers from the Sam Spiegel Film School tell their story using their own personal perspective. Nine select films were curated with the...
    • Contributor: Schorr, Renen - Lapid, Nadav - Bet Ha-Sefer Le-Ḳolnoʻa Ule-Ṭeleṿizyah - Yerushalayim - Kislev, Yotam - Ifergan, Moran - Israel and Judaica Section Video Collection (Library of Congress) - Schwartz, Elad - Agmon, Yair - Hammoud, Nayef ... Schorr, Renen - Lapid, Nadav - Bet Ha-Sefer Le-Ḳolnoʻa Ule-Ṭeleṿizyah - Yerushalayim - Kislev, Yotam - Ifergan, Moran - Israel and Judaica Section Video Collection (Library of Congress) - Schwartz, Elad - Agmon, Yair - Hammoud, Nayef - Freidenberg, Benjamin - Frankel, Boaz - Chasson, Amichai - Ofek, David - Geva, Dan - Karmin, Yarden - Perlov, David
    • Date: 2013
  • Film, Video
    Lea Koenig's loves
    Ahavoteha shel Liya Ḳenig Catalog Record Only
    "This film follo[w]s the life of the great actress Lea Koenig and tells the story of her dedication for the two loves of her life: acting and her husband Tzvi Shtolper (an actor and director), who was the one who pushed her towards a career in acting. Lea has won many prizes including The Israel Prize, and has played various roles. Tzvi Shtolper supported,...
    • Contributor: Bar-Shavit, Shlomo - Ohaion, Tali - Koenig, Lea - Ruth Diskin Films (Firm) - Israel and Judaica Section Video Collection (Library of Congress) - Harpaz, Ziv - Stolper, Zvi - Israeli Tv Channel 1 - Talia Inspiration Ltd - Ḳeren Maḳor Le-Sirṭe Ḳolnoʻa Ṿe-Ṭelevizyah - Young, Eliezer - Gazit, Amit
    • Date: 2012
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    ʻOfot ha-ḥol Phoenixes
    עפות החול Phoenixes / | Phoenixes | Phonixes Catalog Record Only
    "Phoenixes tells the profound and moving stories of seven Shoah survivors who have played a significant role in the development of Israeli society. The contributions of the survivors to modern Israel are invaluable: Israel would not look, sound, taste and feel the way it does without their work. The optimism in the stories of the survivors is palpable, and it provides fresh insight into...
    • Contributor: Tapuz Communications - Ruth Diskin Films (Firm) - Israel and Judaica Section Video Collection (Library of Congress) - Hoenig, Yoram - Teitelbaum, Raul - Shagrir, Micha - Gil, Zvi
    • Date: 2009
  • Film, Video
    Sereṭ moreshet ason ha-Karmel
    סרט מורשת אסון הכרמל / | Ason ha-Karmel Catalog Record Only
    DVD-R. In Hebrew. Title from container. Sources used: video container; OCLC record number: 856766950, 771947007. Received 2017-04-03 from AMED; source of acquisition unknown ; Israel and Judaica Section Video Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Contributor: Israel. Rashut Ha-Artsit Le-Kabaʼut Ṿe-Hatsalah - Israel and Judaica Section Video Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 2011
  • Film, Video
    Meragel ha-shampanyah The champagne spy
    מרגל השמפניה The champagne spy / | Champagne spy Catalog Record Only
    "Oded Gur-Arie was born in Israel, and as he was growing up in the 1960's, his father would frequently go away on business trips for weeks on end, with little warning of when he would be coming or going ... [when] Ze'ev Gur-Arie moved to Paris with his wife and son ... he told young Oded what he did for a living -- he...
    • Contributor: Gur-Arie, Oded - Schirman, Nadav - LC Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 2009
  • Film, Video
    Ahead of time, the extraordinary journey of Ruth Gruber Catalog Record Only Born in Brooklyn in 1911, Ruth Gruber became the youngest PhD in the world before going on to become an international foreign correspondent and photojournalist at age 24. She emerged as the eyes and conscience of the world. With her love of adventure, fearlessness and powerful intellect, Ruth defied tradition in an extraordinary career that has spanned more than seven decades. The first journalist...
    • Contributor: Richman, Bob - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Pdd Productions (Firm) - Oelbaum, Zeva - National Center for Jewish Film - Reel Inheritance Films
    • Date: 2009
  • Film, Video
    Ṭovyansḳi
    טוביאנסקי / | Tubianski | Tobianski Catalog Record Only
    "In 1948 Tuviansky, a captain in the Israeli army and a former major in the British army, was arrested. Within four hours he was interrogated, tried, sentenced, executed and his body was thrown into a pit in the ground. Tuviansky was accused of treason because he had innocently supplied a list to his British boss at the power plant - a list of vital...
    • Contributor: United King Films (Firm) - Agami , Rami - Zehavi, Oz - Naim, Ofer - Gedalia, Amir - Leon, Michael - Israel and Judaica Section Video Collection (Library of Congress) - Celektar, Micha - Edery, Leon - Nissimoff, Riki Shelach - Nmc United Entertainment (Firm) - Levy, Eliran Eviatar - Katzenelenbogen, Shira - Edery, Moshe
    • Date: 2015
  • Film, Video
    Sakin ba-lev : ḥaśifah : kol ha-emet ʻal tokhnit "ha-hitnatḳut" ṿeha-bitaḥon shelkha
    סכין בלב : חשיפה! : כל האמת על "תכנית ההתנתקות" והביטחון שלך / Catalog Record Only
    In Hebrew. Title from disc. Sources used: video disc ; OCLC record number 659744500 ; http://torot.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/%D7%A9%D7%91%D7%AA-%D7%A4%D7%A1%D7%97.pdf , January 04, 2019. Received 2019-01-04 from AMED; source of acquisition unknown; Israel and Judaica Section Video Collection (Library of Congress) "הפגנה בטלפון! : 1-800-20-33-22".
    • Contributor: Maḥaneh Ha-Leʼumi He-Ḥadash - Israel and Judaica Section Video Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 2005
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    Yesh gevul ba-namal : 20 shenot tenuʻat "Yesh gevul" u-temikhatah be-sarvanut seleḳṭivit, 12 be-Yuli 2002, Tel-Aviv.
    יש גבול בנמל : 20 שנות תנועת "יש גבול" ותמיכתה בסרבנות סלקטיבית, 12 ביולי 2002, תל-אביב Catalog Record Only
    VHS format. In Hebrew. Title from videocassette housing. Sources used: label on videocassette housing; YouTube, July 25, 2017. Received 2017-07-25 from AMED; source of acquisition unknown ; Israel and Judaica Section Video Collection (Library of Congress) Not viewed. דוברים וזמרים מתוך אירוע שארגנה תנועת יש גבול לציון שלושים וחמש שנות כיבוש, עשרים שנה לתנועה ולתמיכה בסרבני כיבוש. בין הדוברים ישי מנוחין, רמי קפלן ואלונה...
    • Contributor: Ḳaplan, Rami - Kimchi, Alona - Israel and Judaica Section Video Collection (Library of Congress) - Tenuʻat "Yesh Gevul" (Israel) - Pollyanna Frank (Band) - Menuchin, Ishai
    • Date: 2002
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    Waltz with Bashir
    Ṿals im Bashir Catalog Record Only
    "Based on the true story of director Ari Folman, an Israeli army veteran who realises he can remember nothing of the 1982 Lebanon War in which he fought, the film charts his journey to uncover the secrets of the past." -- Container.
    • Contributor: Independent Television Service - Artificial Eye (Firm) - LC Collection (Library of Congress) - Arte France - Match Factory (Firm) - Films D'ici (Firm) - Folman, Ari - Bridget Folman Film Gang (Firm) - Lalou, Serge - Razor Filmproduktion
    • Date: 2009
  • Film, Video
    Till we have built Jerusalem Yesh melekh bi-Yerushalayim
    Yesh melekh bi-Yerushalayim | There is a King in Jerusalem Catalog Record Only
    "A story of the birth of the new Jerusalem, an ancient oriental city which has rare footage of the City of Peace from the early twentieth century on. The scenes are touching, tender, terrible, but also unexpectedly intimate, the way home movies are. This is due to the primitive camera technology which renders major historical figures in a slightly jerky, amateur manner. This film...
    • Contributor: Gros, Yaʻaḳov - LC Collection (Library of Congress) - Cohen, Eli - Sinemaṭeḳ Yerushalayim - Israel Film Archive
    • Date: 2007
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    Shuv zoraḥat shemesh
    Sun rises again Catalog Record Only
    The story of Holocaust survivors in Poland in the years 1946-1949 based on the films of Nathan Gross and Shaul Goskind. Shows the efforts of the Zionist movements, the Joint Jewish Distribution Committee and the Polish government to revive Jewish communal and cultural life. Includes rare footage of the uncovering of Emanuel Ringelblum's journal under the ruins of the Warsaw Ghetto in which he...
    • Contributor: Gros, Yaʻakov - Gross, Natan - Sinemaṭeḳ Yerushalayim - Goskind, Shaul - LC Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 2005
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    Teḳumah 50 ha-shanim ha-rishonot : 1948-1998 ; sidrah tiʻudit hisṭorit bat 22 peraḳim
    Teḳumah : Catalog Record Only
    An historical documentary series on the first fifty years of the State of Israel.
    • Contributor: LC Collection (Library of Congress) - Gronich, Shlomo - Israel. Rashut Ha-Shidur - Derori, Gidʻon
    • Date: 2006
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    Go in peace, rain
    Lekh le-shalom geshem Catalog Record Only
    The Film " Go in Peace, Rain " is a journey following the metamorphosis of one Jewish melody, an ancient prayer of parting from the rain - "Who Brings The Dew"- and following its many incarnations [throughout Europe and America] which bring it to its final dramatic stance- to be the anthem of the State of Israel"--Synopsis on Ruth Diskin Marketing & Distribution website.
    • Contributor: Israel. Sherut Ha-Seraṭim Ha-Yiśreʼeli - LC Collection (Library of Congress) - Noga Communications - Ruth Diskin Films (Firm) - Ḳeren Ḥa-Ḥadashah Le-Ḳolnoʻa Ule-Ṭeleṿizyah - Hecker, Reuven
    • Date: 2007
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    Hisṭoryah shel ha-kolnoaʻ ha-Yisreʼeli a history of Israeli cinema
    הסטריה של הכלנע היסראלי A history of Israeli cinema / | History of Israeli cinema Catalog Record Only
    Weaves together clips from more than 70 years of Israeli film with commentary from filmmakers, scholars, and critics.
    • Contributor: Amir Feingold Productions - LC Collection (Library of Congress) - Zadig Productions - Nahon, Bruno - Arte France - Feingold, Amir - Rozenbert, Paul - Nadjari, Raphaël
    • Date: 2010
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    Eye witness, 60 years ʻEd reʼiyah, 60 shanah
    Eye witness, 60 years עד ראיה, 60 שנה / | ʻEd reʼiyah, 60 shanah Catalog Record Only
    Israel, as envisioned through the lens of the internationally acclaimed photographer David Rubinger, the laureate of the Israeli Award for Photography. Rubinger began his career in 1947 and has since documented famous leaders and exciting characters, witnessing the dramatic events that occurred in Israel over the past 60 years. In the film, Rubinger travels back to the places and people he photographed over the...
    • Contributor: Rubinger, Daṿid - Ruth Diskin Films (Firm) - Shiba Communications Ltd - Shagrir, Micha - Heman, Naḥum
    • Date: 2008
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    Leh grand ʻaḳshan Sipur she-matḥil bi-sefinah she-ṭavʻah
    לה גראנד עקשן סיפור שמתחיל בספינה שטבעה / | Sipur she-matḥil bi-sefinah she-ṭavʻah | Grand akshan : Catalog Record Only
    The true story of Grisha Starosta, a Jewish refugee during World War II (and the great-grandfather of filmmaker Ron Goldman). He journeyed twice to the land of Israel. First as a young pioneer, an ardent Zionist in search of a dream. The second time, as a middle class businessman determined to save his wife and two daughters from the horrors of the Second World...
    • Contributor: LC Collection (Library of Congress) - Goldman, Ron - Ruth Diskin Films (Firm)
    • Date: 2003