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An intimate and rare exploration of the world of Messianic Judaism and Jews who believe in Jesus.

Award Filmmaker Willy Lindwer investigates the complicity of ordinary Dutch citizens in the deportation of 100,000 Jews to the Nazi death camps during the Second World War. In a moving personal exploration of the scale of this betrayal, Lindwer shatters the myth of Dutch tolerance.

The age-old tradition of circumcision, and the role the mother plays in this ritual, is examined in this emotional investigation of female conviction.

About 150 patients a day seek an unbiased second opinion from an unusual rabbi, self-educated in medicine. Rabbi Elimelech Firer, a 54-year-old Orthodox Jew, has been advising in medicine for the past 30 years on a voluntary basis.

A clash of cultures is at the core of this uplifting documentary. A young Israeli couple who are emissaries of the Chabad Movement are sent to Vietnam - on a one-way ticket- to encourage and create a Jewish community in this Communist country.
 

Filmmaker Ron Goldman started work on a documentary about a ship of refugees that sunk in 1942- and ended up telling the remarkable story of one family: his own.

A mother struggles with her love for her son - and her desire to see him married, and his desire to come out as a gay man.  The son's search for personal happiness might mean alienation from his family.

The quest to unravel the fate of a missing Druze soldier. The films sets out on a journey into time, memory, the Druze religion- along with harsh Israeli realities, in an attempt to uncover what lies behind this multi-layered story.