Choose Life: A Documentary about Leah Kaufman
by Rabbi Naftali Schiff and JRootsThe miracle of survival, faith and the wisdom of a remarkable lady who knows how to live. (Adult discretion advised)
Holy Fire, Holy Music: The Piaseczna Niggun
A moving music video about the Piaseczna Rebbe, Rav Kalonymus Kalman Shapira.
Winton's Children
by BBCNicholas Winton saved 669 children from the Holocaust. In this moving clip he meets them for the first time.
L'Chaim: The Dov Landau Story
by JRootsIn Poland, a Holocaust survivor shares his harrowing experiences with young Jews.
Bobby’s Story: Living with Faith after the Holocaust
by Rabbi Naftali Schiff and JRootsAn Auschwitz survivor shares her faith with the Next Generation.
And You Shall Tell Your Children
by JRootsA powerful documentary on the faith and commitment of Holocaust survivors. (53 min. Viewer discretion advised)
Shoah: A Short Film
by Matthew BrownA moving video filmed at the Holocaust memorial in Miami Beach.
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Poland Video Log Part 1: At Treblinka Death Camp
by Rabbi Yaakov SalomonThe world's biggest graveyard.
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Poland Video Log Part 3: Warsaw Ghetto
by Rabbi Yaakov SalomonThe systematic destruction of Poland's largest Jewish community.
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Poland Video Log Part 4: The Best Job in Majdanek
by Rabbi Yaakov SalomonCutting the grass underneath an electrified fence.
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Poland Video Log Part 5: Yeshiva in Lublin
by Rabbi Yaakov SalomonThe Nazis burned our books, but could not extinguish our souls.
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Poland Video Log Part 6: Auschwitz
by Rabbi Yaakov SalomonWhere cattle cars brought 1.2 million Jews for extermination.
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Poland Video Log Part 7: The Barracks
by Rabbi Yaakov SalomonNext time you're having a bad day, think of Barracks-3.
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Poland Video Log Part 8: Final Thoughts
by Rabbi Yaakov SalomonReflections on the Holocaust from the Jewish Quarter of Krakow.
World's Greatest Love Story
by Regis and KellyNancy and Howard Kleinberg's love story is nothing short of a miracle.
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Miracle of Israel #1 - Aftermath of the Holocaust
by Rabbi Berel Wein and Destiny FilmsLiberating the camps, and the Nuremberg trials. (Viewer discretion is advised.)
Miracle of Israel #2 - Survivors & Sefardic Jews
by Rabbi Berel Wein and Destiny FilmsComing to grips with a civilization destroyed.
Miracle of Israel #3 - Test of Faith
by Rabbi Berel Wein and Destiny FilmsThe flame that sustained the Jews in the darkest days.
Miracle of Israel #4 - Rebuilding the Community
by Rabbi Berel Wein and Destiny FilmsJewish refugees seek shelter back in Poland or in DP camps.
Miracle of Israel #5 - Homeless and Stateless
by Rabbi Berel Wein and Destiny FilmsThe survivors' desperate attempts to locate lost relatives.
Miracle of Israel #6 - British Refugee Policy
by Rabbi Berel Wein and Destiny FilmsFor fear of jeopardizing oil interests, the British refuse to allow Jews into Israel.
Miracle of Israel #7 - Political Hopes
by Rabbi Berel Wein and Destiny FilmsBen Gurion brought the message of Zionism to the hopeless Holocaust refugees.
Miracle of Israel #8 - Jewish Response
by Rabbi Berel Wein and Destiny FilmsThe ragtag Jewish underground fights back against 100,000 British personnel.
Miracle of Israel #9 - Clandestine Immigration
by Destiny Films and Rabbi Berel WeinJewish refugees make a secret, treacherous journey to the Promised Land.
Miracle of Israel #10 - The Exodus Ship
by Destiny Films and Rabbi Berel WeinThe British refuse a boatload of desperate Holocaust survivors entry into Israel.
Miracle of Israel #11 - Pressing the British
by Destiny Films and Rabbi Berel WeinThe British arrest Jewish leaders, and Eleanor Roosevelt visits the refugees.
Miracle of Israel #12 - Public Opinion
by Destiny Films and Rabbi Berel WeinAmerican Jewry gets behind the Zionist cause, as the British defer to the United Nations.
Miracle of Israel #13 - Soviets and the UN
by Destiny Films and Rabbi Berel WeinAn Iron Curtain goes up in eastern Europe, and the United Nations seeks a solution in Palestine.
Napoleon and the Purpose of Mourning on Tisha B’Av
Why do Tisha B’Av and Passover always occur on the same day of the week?
My Startling Lesson in Baseless Hatred
I was fuming. No one had ever treated my severely handicapped daughter and me in such a cruel manner.
Joined by Tragedy: The Fogel and Salomon Families
The author’s son Udi, daughter-in-law Ruth and three of his grandchildren were murdered by terrorists in Itamar in March 2011.
13 Reasons Why Pushback
By committing suicide, Hannah Baker took the selfish route that hurt many people, most of all herself.
British Hero Cop who Saved a Jew in Jerusalem
Det. Sergeant Richard Burgess fought off three Arabs who were attacking a Jew and nearly lost his own life in the process.
The Most Important Speech Ever Given by a French President on Anti-Semitism
President Macron equated anti-Zionism with anti-Semitism and said Jew-hatred wasn’t born with the Vichy regime, nor did it die after the liberation of France.
Mourning What Could Have Been
Grieving the loss of potential new life connected me to mourning the destruction of the Temple.
Non-Meat Recipes for the Nine Days
Here are some delicious menu ideas for the Nine Days that your entire family will enjoy.
Guy Confessions: What I Want to Tell the Shadchan
Four points from actively dating dudes that could make Jewish dating even better.
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Suffering and Consolation: A Father's Perspective
My daughter's battle with leukemia taught me how to find consolation even in the midst of terrible pain.
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Centrality of Israel
Why is Israel so important to Judaism, and why does the world pay it such an extraordinary amount of attention?
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Tisha B’Av: Turning Mourning into Action
It is not enough to hope for redemption, we must be the catalyst for it.
Tisha B'Av: Is This Ancient Tragedy Still Meaningful?
In this video, Rabbi Fohrman asks us two questions: how do we deal with grief, and how can we understand modern redemption?
Prisoners of Hope: Why We Mourn on Tisha B’Av
In direct proportion to our yearning do we experience the joy of re-connection.
Jewish Summer Camp: Stuff No Parent Wants to Hear
”Sorry sport, but mom and dad are sick of having you at home.”
Jtube: Jimmy Kimmel Live: The Bar Mitzvah Party
Should Jewish role models take priority over non-Jewish ones?
Out of Towners
To New Yorkers, anyone from outside the Tri-State area is an “Out of Towner.” And we find your manners adorably considerate.
Why Did Edward Reichmann Want to be Buried with his Socks On?
The incredible story about the dying billionaire's odd letter to his family.
A Dying Father's Last Message about Love
Rabbi Dr. Abraham Twerski's secret to a successful marriage.