 | Barcode: 58965604 Call Number: D-International Jewry Material Type: Video -Digital Time: 134 min. Language: English Creator: Directed by Barbra Streisand Description: The role of women in Judaism is an issue that has become the focus of considerable attention in recent years, but it has always been a source of frustration for some. Yentl, directed by and starring Barbra Streisand, tells the story of a determined and resourceful Jewish girl who wants to study the Torah. However, in the traditional society in which she lives, in Eastern Europe at the turn of the century, girls are forbidden Torah study. So Yentl masquerades as a boy, and gains entrance to a ... Collection: Martin Salinger Resource Collection |
 | Barcode: 58962650 Call Number: FR-KOR Kwa Material Type: Print Language: English Creator: Yi Kwang-Su et al. Ann Sung-Hi Lee Collection: Language Resource Center |
| Barcode: 58957009 Call Number: International Jewry Material Type: Video -DVD Time: 80 min. Language: English Description: Yizkor dramatizes its theme of fidelity to one's self, one's community and one's religion through a plot that revolves around hostage-taking, heroism and resistance. In a small Volhynian village, the local Count's daughter falls in love with Leybke, a handsome Jewish guardsman, but all her attempts to win him fail as he is in love with and betrothed to Kreyndl. The Countess desperately tries to seduce Leybke, and avenges her failure by falsely accusing him of attacking her. ... Collection: Martin Salinger Resource Collection |
 | Barcode: 58924601 Call Number: V-GER 036 Material Type: Video -DVD Time: 111 min. System Requirements: NTSC, Region 1 Language: English Creator: Directed by Barbara Willis Sweete Description: Renowned cello virtuoso Yo-Yo Ma embarks on an intense year long collaboration with choreographer Mark Morris, which culminates in a spectacular performance. Falling Down Stairs follows Mark and Yo-Yo from city to city, documenting their collaborations with remarkable intimacy, humor and candor. We see the first meeting of Mark and Yo-Yo as they set down the rules of this most unusual creative experiment. We see Mark struggling to overcome a creative block as he builds new choreography before ... Collection: Language Resource Center |
 | Barcode: 58957802 Call Number: Jewish Experience in America Material Type: Video -DVD Time: 92 min. System Requirements: NTSC, Region 1 Language: English Creator: Directed by Aviva Kempner Description: "The story of the actress, writer, and broadcasting pioneer Gertrude Berg." - IMDB Collection: Martin Salinger Resource Collection |
| Barcode: 25121 Call Number: PED-Transitions Material Type: Print -Pedagogical Language: English Description: Learning A Foreign Language Can Take Years Of Study. Unfortunately, Despite Their Best Resolutions, Students Find It Difficult Ot Maintain And Improve Language Skills Once Coursework Is Complete. Now, The Authors Of You Can Take It With You Provide A Compendium Of Ideas And Resources For Maintaining Language Skills. The Book Presents A Rationale For Teaching Language Skills Maintenance Through A Discussion Of Language Skills Attrition; Self-Instructional Strategies And Techniques; ... Collection: Language Resource Center |
 | Barcode: 58955439 Call Number: V-SPA 407 Material Type: Video -DVD Time: 104 min. System Requirements: NTSC, Region 1 DVD Region: Language: English, Spanish, French Creator: Directed by Luis Valdez Description: Part fascinating fact, part dazzling fiction, Zoot Suit is the blistering film adaptation of playwright Luis Valdez's critically acclaimed stage drama based on the "zoot suit riots" that rocked 1940s Los Angeles. ... Collection: Language Resource Center |
 | Barcode: 58957475 Call Number: DV-SPA 407 Material Type: Video -Digital Time: 104 min. DVD Region: Language: English, Spanish, French Creator: Directed by Luis Valdez Description: Part fascinating fact, part dazzling fiction, Zoot Suit is the blistering film adaptation of playwright Luis Valdez's critically acclaimed stage drama based on the "zoot suit riots" that rocked 1940s Los Angeles. ... Collection: Language Resource Center |
 | Barcode: 58965121 Call Number: V-RUS 097.02 Material Type: Video -DVD Time: 113 min. System Requirements: Region 1 Language: English Creator: Directed by Zaza Buadze Description: "1947. Commander of UPA (or The Ukrainian Insurgent Army) Danylo Chervonyi gets into the terrible slaughter of Stalin's prison-camp Gulag, where he must go through hell and inhumane prison conditions, prosecution of criminal leaders, meanness, betrayal and despair. Danylo finds the strength to resist repression of the prison-camp commander and makes a desperate attempt to break free, raising the first rebel in the camp." - IMDb Collection: Language Resource Center |
| Barcode: 58958159 Call Number: V-ARA 080 Material Type: Video -DVD Time: 62 min. System Requirements: NTSC, Region 1 Language: English Creator: Directed by Rasheed Alnozili Description: "This unique film highlights some of ... extraordinary [Yemeni] Americans... The film features Dr. Rashid Abdu, the first Yemeni American physician, Welayah Alhaiki: one of the first Yemeni American teachers, Helal Anozili: a student inspired by Dr. Abdu's accomplishments." - cover Collection: Language Resource Center |
 | Barcode: 58957347 Call Number: V-THA 010 Material Type: Video -DVD Time: 88 min. System Requirements: Region 3 Language: English, Thai Creator: Directed by Tony Bancroft and Barry Cook Description: "To save her father from death in the army, a young maiden secretly goes in his place and becomes one of China's greatest heroines in the process." - IMDB Rating Audience (Video Only): MPAA rating: G Collection: Language Resource Center |
 | Barcode: 58957346 Call Number: V-THA 009 Material Type: Video -DVD Time: 127 min. System Requirements: Region 3 Language: English, Thai Creator: Directed by J. J. Abrams Description: "The brash James T. Kirk tries to live up to his father's legacy with Mr. Spock keeping him in check as a vengeful, time-traveling Romulan creates black holes to destroy the Federation one planet at a time." - IMDB Rating Audience (Video Only): MPAA rating: PG-13 Collection: Language Resource Center |