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1) A Blind Hero
Publication Date
2015.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (89 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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At Yad Vashem, the Berlin brushmaker Otto Weidt is listed as one of the Righteous Among the Nations. But Weidt’s story has otherwise been overlooked until now. A Blind Hero finally brings the story of his daring and cunning rescue of his blind and deaf Jewish employees from being sent to the camps as well as his tragic love of Alice Licht, and his desperate journey to save her and her entire family from the gas chamber, all while he himself was...
Publication Date
2005.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (92 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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First-class pool shark and all-around hustler Jaeckie Zucker is up to his ears in debt, again. He faces jail, divorce and general ruin. When word comes that his mother has died, leaving an inheritance, it's a stroke of luck. But according to his mother's will, before he can cash in Zucker must first reconcile with his long-estranged, Orthodox brother Samuel, who is arriving the next day, family in tow, expecting to sit shiva for seven days. Can Zucker,...
Publication Date
2017.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (54 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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This is the story of The Old Jewish Cemetery in Prague, the site of layer upon layer of buried members of the once-vibrant Jewish community. Almost a million people from all over the world now visit the cemetery each year, and HOUSE OF LIFE chronicles its history, which is rich in lore, mysticism, tradition and philosophy. Tales of great rabbis and philanthropists and the story of the giant golem, created from clay to protect the Jewish people, are...
Publication Date
2015.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (32 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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In this in-depth look at the kingdoms of David and Solomon, follow the transformation of 12 Israelite tribes into a monarchy that eventually crumbled over tensions regarding how to properly worship the God of Israel. Along the way, probe controversies that lie at the heart of modern scholarship’s hottest debates..
Publication Date
2013.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (110 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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Victor "Young" Perez , tells the astonishing, harrowing and incredible true story of a Tunisian Jewish boxer, who became the World Flyweight Champion in 1931 and 1932. His romance with the French-Italian actress Mireille Balin increased his fame. But because of his Jewish heritage, Perez was arrested in Paris on September 21, 1943 and transported to Auschwitz. Whilst there he was forced to participate in boxing matches for the amusement of the Nazis....
6) Supergirl
Publication Date
2016.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (81 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
Naomi seems like a typical 11-year-old Orthodox Jewish girl, but watching her lift almost three times her bodyweight tells a different story. SUPERGIRL tells an empowering story about one girl who is coming of age while testing the limits of strength and endurance -- both inside and out.. Nominated for the Best Documentary at the Cleveland International Film Festival. Nominated in the New Jersey Films Competition at the Montclair Film Festival (MFF)....
Publication Date
2015.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (28 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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Following the death of Herod the Great, there began a period of direct Roman administration of Judea under prefects, the most famous of whom was Pontius Pilate, who would later oversee the trial of Jesus. Learn the historical backstory of both this figure and another contemporary of Jesus, Herod Antipas..
Publication Date
2015.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (28 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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One cannot explore Jesus and his Jewish influences without understanding the life and works of Flavius Josephus, the ancient Jewish author who was a witness to the period during and after the life of Jesus. Here, learn how his fascinating historical writings complement what the Gospel authors relate..
Publication Date
2015.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (31 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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In this lecture, probe the rise of the Sadducees and Pharisees during the late Second Temple Period. You’ll learn how the Pharisaic approach became dominant in Judaism, and you’ll spend time investigating what the Gospels say about whether or not Jesus identified as a Pharisee..
Publication Date
2015.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (730 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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For anyone interested in understanding the profound effect Jesus had on the world, it’s important to realize that his actions and teachings didn’t emerge from a vacuum. Rather, they were the product of a fascinating dialogue with—and reaction to—the traditions, cultures, and historical developments of ancient Jewish beliefs. In fact, early Judaism and Jesus are two subjects so inextricably linked that one cannot arrive at a true understanding...
Publication Date
2015.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (31 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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Alexander the Great’s legendary visit to Jerusalem and Judea had a profound influence on the development of ancient Jewish traditions. Could the ancient warrior also have served as a model for the mythical Jesus? Professor Magness illuminates possible narrative parallels between these two iconic figures of Western history..
Publication Date
2015.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (29 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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Join Professor Magness as she shares some of her own research into Jesus, comparing and contrasting his apocalyptic beliefs with those of the Qumran sect associated with the Dead Sea Scrolls. As you’ll discover, one cannot understand Jesus’s exorcisms and healings without understanding the notion of apocalyptic purity..
Publication Date
2015.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (32 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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First, examine the “Letter of Aristeas,” which describes translating the Torah into Greek. Then, meet Philo of Alexandria, whose writings (preserved by Christians) are based on an allegorical method of interpreting the Bible. Finally, using a passage from Isaiah, discover why Jews eventually came to reject the authority of the Septuagint translation..
Publication Date
2015.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (32 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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What was Jewish life like after the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 A.D.? How did the religion survive this trauma? With insights from various historical sources, chart the rise of Rabbinic Judaism—the literature of Jewish sages who portray Jesus as an illegitimate child and magician..
Publication Date
2015.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (30 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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Close out this insightful course with a pointed consideration of how selected passages from the Gospels can be better understood within their Jewish context. The three passages you explore involve the concept of Hell, Jesus’s cleansing of the Temple, and John’s account of Jesus’s healing of a blind man..
Publication Date
2015.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (29 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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Follow the turbulent story of the Maccabean Revolt after the outlawing of Judaism under Antiochus IV. Then, examine how the Book of Daniel (written around the time of the revolt) dealt with the concept of “desolating sacrilege,” and how this is repeated in Jesus's own prophesies about the destruction of the Temple..
Publication Date
2015.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (31 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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How (and why) did the First Temple Period end? First, examine the reign of King Josiah, whose popular religious reforms reasserted the importance of Jerusalem’s Temple. Then, investigate the Temple’s traumatic destruction—and its relationship to Gospel accounts about the destruction of the Second Temple..
Publication Date
2015.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (35 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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In ancient Judaism, there was little distinction between religion and politics. In this lecture, explore the importance of the law (the Torah) in the Jewish religion. Then, draw some intriguing connections between the giving of the law to Moses on Mount Sinai and Jesus’s own Sermon on the Mount..
Publication Date
2015.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (31 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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Investigate the strange episode known as the Heliodorus Affair. This power struggle between Jerusalem’s elite families during the time of the Ptolemies and Seleucids became a key turning point in the history of Jews in Judea. We also see echoes of this conflict in Gospel accounts of taxation..
Publication Date
2015.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (33 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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Most of what scholars know about the Essenes, and their apocalyptic outlook, comes from the ancient historians Josephus and Philo. After a deeper dive into who the Essenes were (and how Essene women lived), Professor Magness makes her case for why Jesus could not have been an Essene..


