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The Jewish Americans (2008–2008)

TV Mini-series | 360 min | Documentary

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Acclaimed filmmaker David Grubin traces 350 years of Jewish American history, from the arrival of the first Jews in 1654 up to the present day. THE JEWISH AMERICANS tells the story of the struggle of a tiny minority to make their way into ...See moreAcclaimed filmmaker David Grubin traces 350 years of Jewish American history, from the arrival of the first Jews in 1654 up to the present day. THE JEWISH AMERICANS tells the story of the struggle of a tiny minority to make their way into the American mainstream while, at the same time, maintaining a sense of their own identity as Jews. Focusing on the tension between identity and assimilation, THE JEWISH AMERICANS is a quintessentially American story, which other minority groups will find surprisingly familiar. See less

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Saul Berman Self Self See fewer	Members only	3	Shared Legacies (2020)
Sid Caesar Self Self See fewer	Members only	3	Grease (1978)
Deborah Dash Moore Self Self See fewer	Members only	3	Arguing the World (1997)
Hasia Diner Self Self See fewer	Members only	3	The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg (1998)
J.J. Goldberg Self Self See fewer	Members only	3	Independent Sources (2008)
Tony Kushner Self Self See fewer	Members only	3	Lincoln (2012)
Letty Cottin Pogrebin Self Self See fewer	Members only	3	Free to Be... You & Me (1974)
Carl Reiner Self Self See fewer	Members only	3	Ocean's Eleven (2001)
Jonathan Sarna Self Self See fewer	Members only	3	Independent Lens (1999)
Liev Schreiber Self - Narrator Self - Narrator See fewer	Top 5000	3	X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)
Harold M. Schulweis Self Self See fewer	Members only	3	Unstrung Heroes (1995)
Joyce Antler Self Self See fewer	Members only	2	American Experience (1988)
Aaron Bisman Self Self See fewer	Members only	2	The Jewish Americans (2008)
Blair Brown Self Self See fewer	Members only	2	The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (1987)
Shoshana S. Cardin Self Self See fewer	Members only	2	The Jewish Americans (2008)
Arleen Cirlin Self Self See fewer	Members only	2	The Jewish Americans (2008)
Rachel Cowan Self Self See fewer	Members only	2	Dying Doesn't Feel Like What I'm Doing (2020)
Steven Diner Self Self See fewer	Members only	2	The Jewish Americans (2008)
Eli Evans Self Self See fewer	Members only	2	Jewish Soldiers in Blue & Gray (2011)
Jules Feiffer Self Self See fewer	Members only	2	Popeye (1980)
Laura Geller Self Self See fewer	Members only	2	The Jewish Americans (2008)
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Self Self See fewer	Members only	2	RBG (2018)
Nathan Glazer Self Self See fewer	Members only	2	Style Wars (1983)
Arthur Goren Self Self See fewer	Members only	2	The Jewish Americans (2008)
Amy Gutmann Self Self See fewer	Members only	2	President Bioethical Commission (2011)
Jacob Harris Self Self See fewer	Members only	2	The Jewish Americans (2008)
J. Hoberman Self Self See fewer	Members only	2	Trigon Fire (1989)
Jacqueline Levine Self Self See fewer	Members only	2	The Jewish Americans (2008)
Joy Levitt Self Self See fewer	Members only	2	The Jewish Americans (2008)
John Loeb Jr. Self Self See fewer	Members only	2	The Smokers (2000)
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Paul Steinfeld Self Self See fewer	Members only	2	The Daily Show (1996)
Alfred Uhry Self Self See fewer	Members only	2	Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
Joseph L. Andrews Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	The Jewish Americans (2008)
Ron Arons Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	The Jewish Americans (2008)
Alice Lotvin Birney Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	The Jewish Americans (2008)
John Morton Blum Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	Zelig (1983)
Daniel Cirlin Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	The Jewish Americans (2008)
David Ellenson Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	Yearning to Belong (2008)
Linda Emmet Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	Biography (1987)
James Farmer Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	Adam Clayton Powell (1989)
Kasey Fechtor Actor Actor See fewer	Members only	1	The Jewish Americans (2008)
Fyvush Finkel Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	Picket Fences (1992)
Eno Freedman Brodmann Actor Actor See fewer	Members only	1	Witness Protection (2016)
Gwen Goodman Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	Melon Drop 2016 (2015)
Jack Gottlieb Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts (1958)
Richard Greenstein Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	The Jewish Americans (2008)
Dorothy Height Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	Long Live the Spirit (of the Million Man March) (2009)
Lee Meyerhoff Hendler Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	The Jewish Americans (2008)
Bethamie Horowitz Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	The High Five (2011)
Sara Hurwitz Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	The Jewish Americans (2008)
Amy Kolen Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	The Jewish Americans (2008)
Nancy Fuchs Kreimer Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	The Chosen People? A Film about Jewish Identity (2017)
Irwin Kula Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	Hard Drive (2015)
Sherry Lansing Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	Indecent Proposal (1993)
Amichai Lau Lavie Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	The Parshas (2009)
Julius Lester Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	Adam Clayton Powell (1989)
Matisyahu Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	The Possession (I) (2012)
Joyce Mendelsohn Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	The Jewish Americans (2008)
Henry Morgenthau Jr. III Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	Changing World (1964)
Robert Morgenthau Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	GI Jews: Jewish Americans in World War II (2018)
Lara Napayar Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	The Jewish Americans (2008)
Fred Naumann Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	Council of Geeks (2012)
C. Herbert Oliver Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	Eyes on the Prize (1987)
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Ann Ramenofsky Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	The Jewish Americans (2008)
Bruce Raynor Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	Triangle: Remembering the Fire (2011)
Freddie Roman Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	Red Oaks (2014)
Jack Salzman Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	The Jewish Americans (2008)
Andrew Schiff Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	The Jewish Americans (2008)
Shuly Rubin Schwartz Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	The Jewish Americans (2008)
David Silber Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	The Jewish Americans (2008)
Jerry Stiller Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	Hairspray (2007)
Mordechai Swiatycki Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	The Jewish Americans (2008)
Michael Tilson Thomas Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	Manhattan (1979)
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David Von Drehle Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	American Experience (1988)
Gail Geiner Weinstein Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	The Jewish Americans (2008)
Dorothy Zellner Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	Freedom Summer (2014)
Father Coughlin Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Members only
Joachim Prinz Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Members only		Our World (1986)
Stephen Wise Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Members only