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Question: Can you pls tell me some jewish history oriented movies or documentaries!?
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1 The Chosen (1981) Jeremy Paul Kagan PG Jewish
2 Fiddler on the Roof (1971) Norman Jewison G
3 Schindler's List (1993) Steven Spielberg R Judaism
4 Shoah (1985) Claude Lanzmann NR
5 The Jazz Singer (1927) Alan Crosland NR
6 Annie Hall (1977) Woody Allen PG Jewish (raised Orthodox); agnostic
7 Funny Girl (1968) William Wyler G Jewish
8 Gentleman's Agreement (1947) Elia Kazan NR Greek Orthodox (lapsed);
Communist
9 Exodus (1960) Otto Preminger NR Jewish
10 Ben-Hur (1959) William Wyler NR Jewish
10 The Ten Commandments (1956) Cecil B!. DeMille G Episcopalian
11 Crossing Delancey (1988) Joan Micklin Silver PG
12 The Golem (1920) Paul Wegener; Carl Boese NR
13 Au Revoir, Les Enfants (1987) Louis Malle PG Catholic (lapsed)
14 Almonds and Raisins:
A History of the Yiddish Cinema (1988) Russ Karel NR
15 Enemies, a Love Story (1989) Paul Mazursky R Jewish
16 The Great Dictator (1940) Charlie Chaplin NR Anglican; agnostic
17 The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974) Ted Kotcheff PG Jewish (!?)
18 Blazing Saddles (1974) Mel Brooks R Jewish
19 Chariots of Fire (1981) Hugh Hudson PG
20 Body and Soul (1947) Robert Rossen NR Jewish
21 The Pawnbroker (1965) Sidney Lumet NR Jewish
22 Goodbye Columbus (1969) Larry Peerce PG Jewish
23 Bugsy (1991) Barry Levinson R Jewish
24 Cabaret (1972) Bob Fosse PG
25 Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) Woody Allen PG-13 Jewish (raised Orthodox); agnostic
26 The Last Angry Man (1959) Daniel Mann NR
27 The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick (1988) Allan Goldstein G
28 The Revolt of Job (1983) Imre Gyongyossy; Barna Kabay NR
29 Homicide (1991) David Mamet R Jewish
30 Madame Rosa (1977) Moshe Mizrahi PG
31 Driving Miss Daisy (1989) Bruce Beresford PG
32 Reversal of Fortune (1990) Barbet Schroeder R
33 Europa Europa (1991) Agnieszka Holland R practicing Catholic
34 The Big Fix (1978) Jeremy Paul Kagan PG Jewish
35 Broadway Danny Rose (1984) Woody Allen PG Jewish (raised Orthodox); agnostic
36 Julia (1977) Fred Zinnemann PG Jewish
37 Marathon Man (1976) John Schlesinger R Jewish
38 A Majority of One (1962) Mervyn LeRoy NR Jewish
39 Oliver! (1968) Carol Reed G
40 Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986) Paul Mazursky R Jewish
41 Holocaust (1978) Marvin Chomsky NR
42 Dirty Dancing (1987) Emile Ardolino PG-13
43 The Front (1976) Martin Ritt PG Jewish
44 Biloxi Blues (1988) Mike Nichols PG-13 Jewish
45 The Diary of Anne Frank (1959) George Stevens NR
46 Shine (1996) Scott Hicks PG-13
47 Daniel (1983) Sidney Lumet R Jewish
48 Yentl (1983) Barbra Streisand PG Jewish
49 The Young Lions (1958) Edward Dmytryk NR
50 Marjorie Morningstar (1958) Irving Rapper NRWww@QuestionHome@Com

Hello --

All the things listed in the other posts are great! I only want to add that I am huge fan of Simcha Jabobovici's work -- most notably his History Channel Program "The Naked Archeologist" (Naked in the sense of raw down to earth)!. Hear is the Wikipedia link!

http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/The_Naked_A!.!.!.

Not only are the episodes informative but they are incredibly entertaining !.!.!. he has won several awards for his documentaries!.

Enjoy

BillWww@QuestionHome@Com

I think the best one is Schindler's List also!. This don't have anything to do with your question but I thought I would see if anybody has a clue!. Hitler wanted to eliminate all races who wasn't blonde and blue eyes!. All the pictures or film clips of Hitler I saw, he had dark hair, not blonde!. With that belief shouldn't he started with himself first!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

Fiddler on the Roof
Jakob the Liar
Schindler's List
Exodus
Prince of Egypt
Ten CommandmentsWww@QuestionHome@Com

The only one that I know of that hasn't been mentioned by everyone else is "exodus"Www@QuestionHome@Com

The only one that comes to mind for Jewish history is Schindler's List!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Schindler's List
Shoah
Hester Street
Fiddler on the RoofWww@QuestionHome@Com