Movies:

  • 1925
    Salome of the Tenements

    Salome of the Tenements (1925)

    Salome of the Tenements

    01925HD

    A young East Side Jewish reporter gets into a sticky situation when she finds that her new beau is indicting a banker she owes money to....

    Salome of the Tenements
  • 1940
    Eli Eli

    Eli Eli (1940)

    Eli Eli

    01940HD

    Mendel and Hannah Shapiro, an elderly Jewish couple who run a small farm in New Jersey, must get money to meet their mortgage payment to the bank by the next day to keep their farm. Mendel calls their children, Mollie, in Philadelphia, and Morris, in...

    Eli Eli
  • 1940
    Overture to Glory

    Overture to Glory (1940)

    Overture to Glory

    11940HD

    A humble cantor, Oysher yearns to be an opera singer. He deserts his tiny village to pursue his dream, but when his voice breaks he sheepishly returns, resigned to attending but not singing at the Yom Kippur services. Upon his return, Oysher is infor...

    Overture to Glory
  • 1936
    Love and Sacrifice

    Love and Sacrifice (1936)

    Love and Sacrifice

    01936HD

    The tale of a middle-class matron who shoots the man who compromises her, Love and Sacrifice is a prime example of "shund," the melodramatic, theatrical, escapist entertainment of the Yiddish theater....

    Love and Sacrifice
  • 1940
    The Jewish Melody

    The Jewish Melody (1940)

    The Jewish Melody

    01940HD

    The classic conflict between the traditional Jewish way of life, and the modern life of the 20th century comes alive in this story of a young cantor who brings home a future bride, when he has already been betrothed by his parents to someone else!...

    The Jewish Melody