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1. XXL (1997)
95 min | Comedy, Romance
Alain Berrebi directs with his sister Lorène, a company of ready-to-wear in the Path. Their business is booming to the point to consider acquiring a nearby shop. Fortunately, it belongs to David Stern, the father of his fiancée Arlette.
Director: Ariel Zeitoun | Stars: Michel Boujenah, Gérard Depardieu, Elsa Zylberstein, Catherine Jacob
Votes: 368
2. Edict of Expulsion 1492
110 min | Adventure, Drama, History | Pre-production
The Edict of Expulsion of the Sephardic Jews in Spain went public with the Alhambra Decree in April 1492. The charter declared that no Jews were permitted to remain within the Spanish ... See full summary »
Director: Omer Sarikaya | Stars: Robert Maillet, Kabir Bedi, Bill Oberst Jr., Kevin Duffy
3. The Unorthodox (2018)
92 min | Comedy, Drama, History
The year is 1983 and Yaakov Cohen, the owner of a Jerusalem printing press, is tired from being pushed around. It seems that he was born on the wrong side, with the wrong family name and in... See full summary »
Director: Eliran Malka | Stars: Shuli Rand, Yaacov Cohen, Yoav Levi, Golan Azulai
Votes: 267
4. Le grand rôle (2004)
Not Rated | 89 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
When a famous American film director, Rudolph Grichenberg, comes to Paris to cast a Yiddish version of 'The Merchant of Venice,' Maurice Kurtz and his friends try out for the role of ... See full summary »
Director: Steve Suissa | Stars: Stéphane Freiss, Bérénice Bejo, Peter Coyote, Paola Perez
Votes: 182 | Gross: $0.04M
5. Expulsion and Memory: Descendants of the Hidden Jews (1996)
60 min | Documentary
Shot on location in Spain, Portugal, Israel, Canada, and the United States, this documentary traces the descendants of Spanish Jews who were forced to either flee or convert to Catholicism ... See full summary »
Directors: Simcha Jacobovici, Roger Pyke
Votes: 9
6. The Last Jews of Libya (2007)
50 min | Documentary
Isabella Rossellini narrates this memoir of the Sephardic Jewish population in North African prior to WWII.
Director: Vivienne Roumani | Star: Isabella Rossellini
Votes: 38
7. Adieu mères (2007)
115 min | Drama
In 1960, two families, Muslim family and Jewish family live a quiet daily life, before this coexistence was affected by World War II and the establishment of the State of Israel, the story ... See full summary »
Director: Mohamed Ismail | Stars: Marc Samuel, Rachid El Ouali, Souad Amidou, Hafida Kassoui
Votes: 51
8. Girona: The Mother of Israel, the Jews of Catalonia (1989)
30 min | Documentary, Short
Documents Jewish daily life in Girona, a city in the northeastern Spanish region of Catalonia, from its "golden age" in the middle ages through the expulsion of Spanish Jewry in 1492 and up to the present day.
Director: Patricia Snyder
9. Return to Oulad Moumen (1991)
50 min | Documentary
In south Marrakesh, Morocco, amidst the olive groves lies the village of Oulad Moumen where Habiba and Yossef Edery began their family in the 1920s. Genini, the youngest of the nine Edery children, organized a family reunion in 1992.
Director: Izza Génini
Votes: 6
10. Embroidered Canticles (1989)
26 min | Documentary, Short
The matrux is a unique form of Moroccan-Jewish music, fusing Hebrew and Arabic texts. The music and lyrics are derived from Andalusian traditions of music and poetry, reflecting the centuries-old link between Jewish and Muslim societies.
Director: Izza Génini
11. Legado (2004)
72 min | Documentary
Documentary about the Jewish colonization in Argentina.
Directors: Vivian Imar, Marcelo Trotta
Votes: 19
12. The Yidishe Gauchos (1989)
28 min | Documentary, Short
At the end of the 19th century, some East European Jews fleeing persecution and pogroms emigrated to Argentina. There, many became ranchers and farmers, adapting to life on the pampas alongside the tough Argentine cowboys, the gauchos.
Director: Mark Freeman | Star: Eli Wallach
13. Baklava and the Meaning of Life (1999)
23 min | Documentary, Short
Where does one find the meaning of life? Perhaps in the kitchen of Iraqi-born sculptor Helene Simon, where she discusses her life and shows us how to make her famous Baklava.
Directors: Randi Barros, Jamil Simon
15. Los judíos de patria española (1931)
14 min | Short, Documentary
Shot in the 1920s, this film visits Sephardic communities in Salonika, Constantinople, Yugoslavia, and Romania as well was former centers of Jewish life in Spain.
Director: Ernesto Giménez Caballero | Stars: Señor Agramonte, Kalmi Baruch, Luzuriaga, Ramón Menéndez Pidal
16. Songs for a Shabbat (1989)
26 min | Documentary, Short
Listen to and experience the beautiful Moroccan-Jewish songs of Shabbat with Moroccan Rabbi Chaim Louk and his cantors at the Buffault Synagogue in Paris.
Director: Izza Génini
17.
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001–2011)
Episode:
A Murderer Among Us
(2003)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A suicide prompts detectives to look at the victim's husband as a possible suspect in a series of racially motivated murders.
Director: Steve Shill | Stars: Vincent D'Onofrio, Kathryn Erbe, Jamey Sheridan, Courtney B. Vance
Votes: 378
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The Family Histories Podcast (2021– )
The Defiant with David Mendoza
(2022 Podcast Episode)
Biography, History, Sci-Fi
Host Andrew meets genealogist David Mendoza, who explains how he researches his Sephardic Jewish roots. He tells the story of his relative who was persecuted and burnt alive, and we're trying to find Aaron Mendoza in 18th century London.
Stars: Andrew Martin, David Mendoza