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Tish
In Yiddish, Tish means table. In the Hasidic movement, the Tish is the public feast of…
Kabalat Shabat
Kabalat Shabat refers to the part of the Friday evening service that precedes the…
Seliha-Selihot
The word Seliha (plural- Selihot) means forgiveness in Hebrew.
In the singular form…
A Free People
Directed by Michael Elkins
In this film about immigration to Israel from Europe and…
About the Jews of Yemen, A Vanishing Culture
This film, by renowned ethnomusicologist Johanna Spector, addresses the history and…
Ne’ilah
Nei’la is the fifth and last service of Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement). In contrast to…
Priestly Blessing- Birkat Kohanim
[1]The triple blessing, or the Priestly Blessing, is arguably the most…
As long As I Live
Directed by Edgar Hirshbain
This film portrays the rituals of many of the…
Bene Israel [JIMF]
Filmmakers Nathanson and Fernandez spent months living with one family in the Bene…
Brakha Tzefira
Brakha Tzefira was born in Jerusalem in 1910. Her father emmigrated from Yemen in 1887,…