Subjects: General

The Modern Heritage
Freshly into the third millennium, our attention focuses on the roots of the world’s largest monotheistic religion, Christianity, and to its Mediterranean roots. Through the eyes and with the voices of a wide-ranging mix of Christians who live in modern Israel, “Miracle of Faith” chronicles the unique story that made Christianity one of the most widely spread of the world’s religions.

In this two-part series, International Emmy Award winning filmmaker Willy Lindwer attempts to decipher the mystical attraction of this site for the three monotheistic religions, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam – an attraction that has made this site, in the words of TIME magazine, “potentially the most volatile 35 acres on earth.” Generally regarded as one of the world’s most sacred spots, the Temple Mount in Jerusalem is also the world’s bloodiest and most controversial site over which battles have been fought for thousands of years. While the Israelites, Babylonians, Romans, Byzantines, Arabs, Crusaders, Mamelukes, Ottomans, British, Israelis, and Palestinians have all clashed over this ‘hot spot’, its ownership is still being contested.

In this two-part series, International Emmy Award winning filmmaker Willy Lindwer attempts to decipher the mystical attraction of this site for the three monotheistic religions, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam – an attraction that has made this site, in the words of TIME magazine, “potentially the most volatile 35 acres on earth.” Generally regarded as one of the world’s most sacred spots, the Temple Mount in Jerusalem is also the world’s bloodiest and most controversial site over which battles have been fought for thousands of years. While the Israelites, Babylonians, Romans, Byzantines, Arabs, Crusaders, Mamelukes, Ottomans, British, Israelis, and Palestinians have all clashed over this ‘hot spot’, its ownership is still being contested.

From Jerusalem to Bersheva
This series shows the most spectacular sites in Israel and tells about its fascinating history. There are few countries in the world where history, culture, archeology, and religion are as up for grabs as in Israel. The country is the birthplace of the three monotheistic religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. For 5000 years the country exercised a magical attraction on a multitude of rulers and peoples, Israelites, Babylonians, Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, Christians, Arabs, Crusaders, Mamluks, Ottomans, British. And quite apart from the various ethnic groups, such as Christian and Muslim Arabs, Jews, Druze, and Bedouin and many pilgrims with their diverse religious backgrounds who visited this region for centuries. They all left their visible traces. The numerous, sometimes beautiful relics and special places, to which so many people – to this day – are attracted, is the basis for this interesting series of documentaries. The Holy Land has a magnetic attraction for many and it is the wide palette of cultures that make up a fascinating picture: Magical Israel.

From Safed to Tiberias
This series shows the most spectacular sites in Israel and tells about its fascinating history. There are few countries in the world where history, culture, archeology, and religion are as up for grabs as in Israel. The country is the birthplace of the three monotheistic religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. For 5000 years the country exercised a magical attraction on a multitude of rulers and peoples, Israelites, Babylonians, Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, Christians, Arabs, Crusaders, Mamluks, Ottomans, British. And quite apart from the various ethnic groups, such as Christian and Muslim Arabs, Jews, Druze, and Bedouin and many pilgrims with their diverse religious backgrounds who visited this region for centuries. They all left their visible traces. The numerous, sometimes beautiful relics and special places, to which so many people – to this day – are attracted, is the basis for this interesting series of documentaries. The Holy Land has a magnetic attraction for many and it is the wide palette of cultures that make up a fascinating picture: Magical Israel.

From Akko to Tel Aviv
This series shows the most spectacular sites in Israel and tells about its fascinating history. There are few countries in the world where history, culture, archeology, and religion are as up for grabs as in Israel. The country is the birthplace of the three monotheistic religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. For 5000 years the country exercised a magical attraction on a multitude of rulers and peoples, Israelites, Babylonians, Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, Christians, Arabs, Crusaders, Mamluks, Ottomans, British. And quite apart from the various ethnic groups, such as Christian and Muslim Arabs, Jews, Druze, and Bedouin and many pilgrims with their diverse religious backgrounds who visited this region for centuries. They all left their visible traces. The numerous, sometimes beautiful relics and special places, to which so many people – to this day – are attracted, is the basis for this interesting series of documentaries. The Holy Land has a magnetic attraction for many and it is the wide palette of cultures that make up a fascinating picture: Magical Israel.

The Birth of a Movement
A gripping three-part series on the Jewish people’s return to their ancestral homeland and establishment of the Jewish state. Beginning in the late 19th century among European Jews, the saga continues as a small number of highly motivated pioneers make their way to Palestine under Ottoman and then British rule, and set up the political, social, and military infrastructure for the Jewish homeland. WWII and the Holocaust almost puts an end to the state-in-making. Since the UN-recognition of Israel in 1947, millions of Jews immigrate, creating a new Jewish society.

The Building of a Nation
A gripping three-part series on the Jewish people’s return to their ancestral homeland and establishment of the Jewish state. Beginning in the late 19th century among European Jews, the saga continues as a small number of highly motivated pioneers make their way to Palestine under Ottoman and then British rule, and set up the political, social, and military infrastructure for the Jewish homeland. WWII and the Holocaust almost puts an end to the state-in-making. Since the UN-recognition of Israel in 1947, millions of Jews immigrate, creating a new Jewish society.

The Israeli Experience
A gripping three-part series on the Jewish people’s return to their ancestral homeland and establishment of the Jewish state. Beginning in the late 19th century among European Jews, the saga continues as a small number of highly motivated pioneers make their way to Palestine under Ottoman and then British rule, and set up the political, social, and military infrastructure for the Jewish homeland. WWII and the Holocaust almost puts an end to the state-in-making. Since the UN-recognition of Israel in 1947, millions of Jews immigrate, creating a new Jewish society.

1.5 Million Jewish children were killed during the Holocaust. Many of those who survived were traumatized as the war changed their lives dramatically. This film tells the story of children during the Holocaust, some hidden and some survivors of concentration camps and their post-war traumatic experiences. A gripping account of 8 orphan child survivors: Itta Ben Haiem-Keller, Shewach Weiss, David de Levita, Haim Dasberg, Ruth Tatarko, Channa Cohen Harounoff-de Bock, Rachel Hollander and Haim Peles-Vleeschhouwer.