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ERGO MEDIA CELEBRATES
350+ YEARS OF JEWISH HISTORY IN AMERICA In commemoration of more than 350 years of Jewish history in America, Ergo Media, the world’s largest publisher of Jewish-oriented video, is delighted to announce the availability of The American Jewish History Anniversary Collection. The Collection may be purchased individually or at a special set price for all eight. The DVDs span 350 years of American Jewish history, beginning with the first Brazilian Jews who landed on Manhattan Island in 1654, up until today. The set includes: THEY CAME FOR GOOD: A HISTORY OF THE JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES is a two-part video set covering the Jewish history in America from 1654-1880. (120 minutes.) Study guide included. (#440, $49.95) JEWISH AMERICAN PATRIOTS is a fascinating documentary that focuses on the heroic acts of such famous Jewish American patriots as Asher Levy, Haym Salomon, Commodore Uriah Phillips Levy and others. (60 minutes, #413, $39.95) THE ROAD TO NEW YORK FROM EASTERN EUROPE traces the path taken by over 30 percent of all European Jewry from 1880-1914, as they left the “old country” for America, arrived on Ellis Island and pursued their dreams on New York’s Lower East Side. (17 minutes, #409, $29.95) A STORM OF STRANGERS is a rich portrait of the teeming Jewish “ghetto” that was New York’s Lower East Side at the turn of the century. The story of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire of 1911 is highlighted. (20 minutes, #433, $29.95) TEXAS: WEST OF HESTER STREET covers a little-known chapter in American Jewish history-the attempt by American Jewish leaders to settle new immigrants in Galveston, Texas. This part-drama part-documentary is narrated by Sam Jaffe. (58 minutes, #415, $39.95) CHICAGO: ROMANCE OF A PEOPLE tells the story of Jewish life in Chicago, from 1833-1933. Produced by the Chicago Jewish Historical Society, this video includes rare footage of the 1933 spectacular Jewish pageant ROMANCE OF A PEOPLE. (30 minutes, #427, $29.95) LOS ANGELES: MEET ME AT BROOKLYN & SOTO, narrated by Harold Gould, is a nostalgic celebration of the Jewish community of L.A. from 1920 to the 1950’s, in East L.A.’s Boyle Heights neighborhood. (70 minutes, #426, $29.95) NEW YORK’S BRONX: MIRACLE OF INTERVALE AVENUE is a sensitive portrait of a once thriving Jewish community in the South Bronx. The film provides a nostalgic sense of the vitality that once was the Jewish Bronx. (65 minutes, #430, $29.95)
Buy the set of eight titles for $250. plus S/H
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