Do you know good movies?!
Question: I need good Jewish movies. they have to have some kind of conflict in them like antisemitsm etc. but not too serious its for 12 year olds... so pg maybe pg13....
Thanks
Answers: I need good Jewish movies. they have to have some kind of conflict in them like antisemitsm etc. but not too serious its for 12 year olds... so pg maybe pg13....
Thanks
The Chosen (1981)
IMDB synopsis:
Two Jewish teenagers in 1940s New York meet as playground rivals. After injuring Reuven, Danny calls on him at home to apologize. Their wariness turns to fascination and close friendship as each discovers and admires the other's differences. Reuven is experienced, practical, and worldly-wise; while Danny is brilliant and mystical, incredibly erudite in some matters, but incredibly naive in others. To humble him, his father, an immigrant rabbi, has followed the stern tradition of raising him in silence. He thirsts for the wider knowledge represented by Reuven's environment; while Reuven is enraptured by Danny's close-knit family and synagogue community. But can their friendship survive the sharp differences between Danny's ultra Orthodoxy and Reuven's Modern Orthodox Judaism? Danny's people oppose the State of Israel as fanatically as Reuven and his father are working to create it. The issue threatens to make them enemies once again.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082175/
Stolen Summer (2002)
IMDB summary:
Pete, an eight-year-old Catholic boy growing up in the suburbs of Chicago in the mid-1970s, attends Catholic school, where as classes let out for the summer, he's admonished by a nun to follow the path of the Lord, and not that of the Devil. Perhaps taking this message a bit too seriously, Pete decides it's his goal for the summer to help someone get into heaven; having been told that Catholicism is the only sure path to the kingdom of the Lord, Pete decides to convert a Jew to Catholicism in order to improve their standing in the afterlife. Hoping to find a likely candidate, Pete begins visiting a nearby synagogue, where he gets to know Rabbi Jacobson, who responds to Pete's barrage of questions with good humor. Pete also makes friends with the Rabbi's son, Danny, who is about the same age; when he learns that Danny is seriously ill, he decides Danny would be an excellent choice for conversion. When the priest at Pete's church informs Pete that all will be tested before they pass the Pearly Gates, he sets up a mini-decathlon and puts Danny in training as he attempts to reshape his spiritual thinking. Pete's parents aren't sure just what to make of Pete's new summer project, and as they become acquainted with Rabbi Jacobson, they share their perspectives on the unexpected trials of parenting.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0286162/
Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
IMDB summary:
A well-known writer at a progressive New York magazine decides to tackle anti-semitism in a unique way as his first assignment. Gregory Peck's character, Phillip Green, pretends to be Jewish in order to write about the effects of bigotry. From being refused a job and access to public accommodations, to his son being verbally attacked and his fiancee expressing concern over his assumed identity, Green soon learns what it means to be the object of sectarian prejudice.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039416/
Full Court Miracle.
It's a movie about a Jewish school with a basketball team. It's a disney channel movie so I'm not sure if it'll be avaliable in stores or not.
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Schindler's list, Munich. At 12 years old they should know the history of their people. Also Exodus from the 1960's it is about the formation of the homeland of Israel. Fiddler on the roof and the diary of Anne Frank too.