New York – Documentary Of The Shanghai Miracle To be Shown Around The Globe [video preview]

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    New York – “Yizkereim: Remember Them” is the rallying call of an historic initiative jointly sponsored by Torah Umesorah’s Zechor Yemos Olam and the Rabbi Leib Geliebter Memorial Foundation. Together, they have produced an acclaimed series of inspiring films that document facets of the Holocaust not previously highlighted; stories of spiritual survival and resistance which culminated in the post-Churban rebuilding of Torah communities worldwide.

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    “With so few Holocaust survivors remaining to tell their stories,” said Dr. Joseph Geliebter, executive producer of the series and director of the Foundation, “it is critical that we hear their voices now and vividly connect with their individual experiences. The Yizkereim project is a realization of a life-long mission.”

    Shanghai Miracle, the first in a series, details the inspirational story of the hundreds of Yeshiva students who escaped to Shanghai, China and lived to rebuild Torah throughout the world. Between 1937 and 1941, Shanghai’s open-port allowed over 20,000 European Jews seeking refuge from Nazi Germany. During this period, more Jews found sanctuary in China than in any other country in the world.

    Shanghai Miracle is scheduled to be shown in shuls around the globe.

    Rabbi Ari Zahtz, of Cong. Bnai Yeshurun, in Teaneck, NJ, says the “importance of re-telling this episode of our history – specifically during the period of sefirah – when we recall so many tragedies that have befallen the Jewish people. “

    In the past, only Jewish Day School, Yeshiva and Bais Yaakov students had the opportunity to view these films on Asarah B’Teves. Now, Yizkereim is presenting these original documentaries to community shuls worldwide during the Yemei HaSefirah and Tisha b’Av.

    The documentary is jointly sponsored by Torah Umesorah’s Zechor Yemos Olam and the Rabbi Leib Geliebter Memorial Foundation.

    More on Yizkereim here

    Watch below a preview of the Shanghai documentary


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    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    It’s a good thing to show the youngsters about the Holocaust. They have been shielded from it for way too long.

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    hey where can i see the rest?

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    These types of documentaries are important to preserve history of how frum communities survived the Holocaust. A lot of times we hear stories from people, but an authoritative documentary is crucial to record history accurately.

    Come on
    Come on
    13 years ago

    If you go to the Mirrer Yeshiva in Yerushalayim, there are people who still learn there every day who were in the Yeshiva during the Shanghai years. They will talk to you about it. I have heard some amazing firsthand stories and how Halachaic questions regarding Shanghai were solved by the Rebbeim and Talmidim.

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    is it going to be available online?

    Amrom
    Amrom
    13 years ago

    Very sad.

    The only thing we can do now, is, do Tshuvah and improve our true love to all man-kind, Yidden and Non-Yidden, and teach our children to love and care about the welfare of every Human Being, Yid or Non-Yid. In a sincere way, not as putting up a show.

    Then we can hope, and be Mispallel, that HKB”H should never again instigate such hatered into the Nations towards us. Because, whatever happened, came from Hashem.

    anon
    anon
    13 years ago

    not a coincidence that Rabbi Zahtz is involved, he is Rabbi/Dr Geliebter’s “eidim”. Kudos for all their great work!

    Israel
    Israel
    13 years ago

    Guess whats left in Vilna ?
    1 Shomer Shabbos family and thats the Chabad Rabbi

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    U forgot its first stop japan , and they were there all pesach. An sy help save the mirrer yeshiva and rabbi aharon kotler then went to shanghi

    speechless
    speechless
    13 years ago

    Incredible footage and its a must that we spread this around the globe for the next generation of jewish children.

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    holocaust education has always been neglected in the more religious schools its after so many years that people started pushing the issue better late than never but the downside is that after many years the memory starts tot play games and history is dictated by the few who are left regardless of how genuine the story is and by the influential who know that paper is patient and dream up what they want.the first rabbi to push for leaving was rabbi warhaftig [he probably is not mentioned b/c he was a MIZRACHI and this foundation is a aguda history book im also hoping that somebody will right the tens of thousands of survivors who rebuilt families after being in siberia not to mention t he self hated anti semitism were some groups got preferential treatment in shanghai rav soloveitchick talked about this but then again he was not an agudist so hes not part of this book

    Joe Brooke
    Joe Brooke
    13 years ago

    This should be made available online so that as many people as possible see it.

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    will it be available online —

    rivki
    rivki
    13 years ago

    were can we buy it. i am a teacher.