In 1946 three Jewish teenagers who had survived the Holocaust met at the Ben Shemen school in Palestine. More than 70 years after, the women, now in their late eighties, recount the unique and healing experience of being at the school.

Visiting Ben Shemen

The Dirndl dress, Austria’s most celebrated folk costume, is more than just an iconic garment – it is also a marker of cultural, and in the past racial, identity. In this experimental short, filmmaker Wilbirg Brainin-Donnenberg reveals what it has meant to her family over the years.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Dirndlschuld

Decades after it was taken, a picture of a Polish-Jewish family before the war brings their scattered descendants back together.&nbsp;

Family Photo

Decades after it was taken, a picture of a Polish-Jewish family before the war brings their scattered descendants back together.

In this moving short, Israeli filmmaker Emily Shir Segal says goodbye to her beloved father who passed at the beginning of the pandemic in 2020.&nbsp;&nbsp;

I Think It's Enough, Isn't It?

In this moving short, Israeli filmmaker Emily Shir Segal says goodbye to her beloved father who passed at the beginning of the pandemic in 2020.

Two Serbian women – the only two surviving native speakers of Ladino in Serbia – tell what the old Sephardic Jewish language means to them.

Last Words

Two Serbian women – the only two surviving native speakers of Ladino in Serbia – tell what the old Sephardic Jewish language means to them.

In this extremely moving animated film, Peter Hein and his son David tell how Peter’s traumatic experience as a Jewish toddler in the Netherlands during the war has shaped both their lives.&nbsp;

My Father's War

In this extremely moving animated film, Peter Hein and his son David tell how Peter’s traumatic experience as a Jewish toddler in the Netherlands during the war has shaped both their lives.

Seventy-four years after it hosted the young state’s Declaration of Independence, the modest building in Tel Aviv – a secular temple for some – still evokes strong emotions in Israelis and non-Israelis alike.&nbsp;

Rothschild 16

Seventy-four years after it hosted the young state’s Declaration of Independence, the modest building in Tel Aviv – a secular temple for some – still evokes strong emotions in Israelis and non-Israelis alike.

Polish-born Faye Schulman, who died in 2021, documented Nazi atrocities with her camera before joining the partisans. In this moving short film, her remarkable survival story is told by her loving grandson.

The Photographer

Looking at old pictures of his past travels – including some documenting his time on a kibbutz –&nbsp;both delights eponymous (and Jewish) Dave and helps him crystallize his life philosophy.&nbsp;

Do Not Resuscitate David Dix

Looking at old pictures of his past travels – including some documenting his time on a kibbutz – both delights eponymous (and Jewish) Dave and helps him crystallize his life philosophy.

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