Summary: The story of two Hasidic sisters living in the Mea Shearim area of Jerusalem. Rivka and her husband are deeply in love, but he obeys his rabbi father and divorces her after 10 childless years of marriage. Rivka's sister Malka loves a man who has left Hasidism after joining the army, but accepts the marriage her parents have arranged to the rabbi's assistant.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Kino International Corp. 2000

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN KAD

Summary: Glamorous lady detective Phryne Fisher returns in a cinematic sequel to the wildly popular TV series. In 1929 Jerusalem, Phryne's rescue of a young Bedouin girl leads her on a globe-trotting adventure to uncover priceless treasures, wartime secrets, and an ancient tomb bearing a terrible curse, with the help of handsome detective Jack Robinson.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV MIS

Summary: An accident during a bar mitzvah celebration leads to a gender rift in a devout Orthodox community in Jerusalem, in this rousing, good-hearted tale about women speaking truth to patriarchal power.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Menemsha Films 2017

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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF WOM

Summary: Clavius, a powerful Roman Military Tribune, and his aide Lucius, are tasked with solving the mystery of what happened to Jesus in the weeks following the crucifixion, in order to disprove the rumors of a risen Messiah and prevent an uprising in Jerusalem.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA RIS

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE RIS

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Risen

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD RIS

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Ri

Summary: "With the Middle East in turmoil, Israel's pre-eminent ally is thrust into an impending war-- America is now the target as the battle for Jerusalem begins."--Container.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Pure Flix Entertainment 2011

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Je

Summary: Orlando Bloom stars as Balian, a young Frenchman in Medieval Jerusalem during the Crusades, who, having lost everything, finds redemption in a heroic fight against overwhelming forces to save his people and fulfill his destiny as a knight.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2005

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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE KIN

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD KIN

Summary: Tackling an extremely sensitive issue in a vibrant, humorous way, this is the story of Yehezkel and his wife Levana. Well into their 70s, they are living contented lives inside a Jerusalem retirement home. But they are shocked when their dear friend Max falls prey to an irreversible illness. Looking to escape a slow, painful death, Max asks Yehezkel for help to end his suffering.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features 2015

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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY FAR

Summary: After she rescues dozens of children who survived a massacre in Jerusalem in 1948, Palestinian Hind Husseini establishes an orphanage that helps thousands of other children left homeless by violence. But the success of her peace-through-education institution is tested when pupil Miral gets a taste of radical politics in the region's refugee camps.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Weinstein Company Home Entertainment 2011

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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF MIR

Summary: An unlikely relationship begins for an American girl living in Jerusalem, a cab driver on her way to Jordan, and a Palestinian woman who has information for both.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: New Yorker Video 2007

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA FRE

Nammar, Jacob J.

Summary: Autobiography of a boy who grew up in Palestine, endured the Nakba, and ultimately moved to Texas to start a new life.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Olive Branch Press 2012

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 NAMMAR, JACOB J. NAM

Morgan, Ellen

Summary: "In 2005, a group of construction workers in Jerusalem made an incredible discovery. Underneath the parking lot they were digging up lay an ancient city that was built in the tenth century! Three years later, gold coins from an even earlier century were found at the site. The city of Jerusalem is like a layer cake of history-more than five thousand years of complicated history-all of which...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2024

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 933 MOR