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Go for Zucker
Go for Zucker (2004)
, 1h30
Directed by Dani Levy
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about religion, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Henry Hübchen, Hannelore Elsner, Udo Samel, Gołda Tencer, Inga Busch, Renate Krößner

Menacé de prison par l’huissier et de divorce par sa femme, Jaeckie Zucker compte sur une victoire à un tournoi de billard pour s’en sortir. Jusqu’au jour où il apprend le décès de sa mère. Son frère Samuel et sa famille s’apprêtent à débarquer à Berlin pour l’enterrer. Or, Jaeckie Zucker, de son vrai nom Jakob Zuckermann, ne veut rien avoir à faire avec eux. Mais c’est sans compter la dernière volonté de la défunte : ses fils n’hériteront qu’à condition de se réconcilier et d’observer, avec leurs familles, les sept jours de deuil traditionnels…
James' Journey to Jerusalem
James' Journey to Jerusalem (2003)
, 1h31
Origin Israel
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about alcoholism, Films about immigration, Films about religion, La précarité, Films about Jews and Judaism

The film's plot focuses on an African teenager named James (Siyabonga Melongisi Shibe) whom hails from the fictional African village Entshongweni, who goes on a pilgrimage journey, on behalf of his village, towards the Holy Land, Israel, and especially in order to come to Jerusalem. Upon arriving in Israel, James is suspected to be an illegal foreign worker and as a result he is arrested. Shimi (Salim Daw), a contractor of foreign workers, releases him on bail to work with him. After James explains to him that he did not travel to Israel to work, Shimi clarifies to him that since he paid for his release, James now owes him. Therefore James is forced to interrupt his journey and begin working for Shimi.
Paradise Grove
Paradise Grove (2003)
, 1h33
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy-drama
Themes Films about religion, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Ron Moody, Rula Lenska, Pamela Cundell, Hana Pravda

A quirky film about life, death, and the bit in the middle, Paradise Grove is a beguiling blend of tragedy, romance, and wry Jewish wit. Set in an eccentric north London Jewish old age home, the film revolves around three generations of the same family. There's cantanerous old Izzie Goldberg (Ron Moody), who's dying and is not at all happy about it, his hedonistic daughter Dee (Rula Lenska), the home's owner, a cross between a Sixties flower child and a traditional Jewish mother—and there's her teenage age son Keith (Leyland O'Brien), the mixed-race outcome of a disastrous marriage. Keith's identity crisis forms the film's emotional core: he's trying to build personal and religious bridges with his grandfather while starting a relationship with the mysterious Kim (Lee Blakemore), who turns up one morning looking for shelter, and who offers the promise of a life outside Paradise Grove.
Out of the Ashes
Out of the Ashes (2003)
, 1h53
Directed by Joseph Sargent
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Films about religion, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Christine Lahti, Beau Bridges, Richard Crenna, Bruce Davison, Jonathan Cake, Zoie Palmer

Gisella Perl (Christine Lahti), a Jewish-Romanian gynecologist from Sighetu, Romania, testifies before an Immigration & Naturalization Service (INS) review board consisting of three men (Bruce Davison, Richard Crenna, and Beau Bridges). Perl is seeking to be granted citizenship after passing the New York State Medical Licensing Board examinations, wishing to begin practicing in New York. She recounts her early life when she aspired to be a doctor despite the admonishments of her father, her time practicing as a gynecologist before the German invasion, and her experiences as prisoner #25404, where she provided what medical care she could to fellow prisoners. Her most controversial actions included providing late-term abortions to pregnant women in order to save their lives. These pregnant women would otherwise have been killed immediately or subjected to the torture of horrific "medical" experiments.
Arje
Arje (2004)
, 1h29
Directed by Roman Romanovich Kachanov
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about religion, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Jerzy Stuhr, Juozas Budraitis, Alexander Isaakovich Gelman, Angelina Chernova, Vera Ivanko

Izrael (Izia) Arie, a Lithuanian Jew and a world-renowned Moscow heart surgeon, learns that he has only six months to live because of pancreatic cancer. He retires immediately and sets out to find his first love, Sonia Schworz, with whom he shared an attic on a Lithuanian farm while hiding from the Nazis for a large part of World War Two. Their re-union takes place in Israel, where Sonia settled after the war. Although the couple has not seen each other for sixty years, it turns out that in the meantime they have been following similar life paths, not unlike twins separated at birth. Both have achieved enviable prosperity and enjoy the company of much younger bedfellows. To get these youngsters out of the way, Sonia unceremoniously dumps her lover Chaim, while Izia's pregnant wife Olga is quickly persuaded to marry Sonia's grandson Yossi.
Arna's Children
Arna's Children (2006)

Directed by Danniel Danniel, Juliano Mer-Khamis
Genres Documentary
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about religion, Documentary films about law, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Documentary films about politics, Documentary films about religion, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism

Le documentaire raconte l’histoire de quelques jeunes combattants palestiniens de Jénine, dont certains ont été tués par les forces israéliennes. Enfants, ces jeunes faisaient partie d'une troupe théâtrale fondée par Arna Mer-Khamis, la mère du coréalisateur Juliano Mer Khamis.
The Aryan Couple
The Aryan Couple (2004)
, 2h
Directed by John Daly
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Films about religion, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Martin Landau, Judy Parfitt, Kenny Doughty, Caroline Carver, Danny Webb, Christopher Fulford

Joseph Krauzenberg (Martin Landau) is a very wealthy Hungarian Jewish industrial tycoon whose fortune is mirrored in the great palaces he owns. However, by 1944 his important businesses are needed by the Nazis and Hitler's 'Final Solution' is sweeping through Europe.