Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive

06/08/2026

I was asked to check out a "vintage projector" they sent a picture (without a banana for size). I wasn't expecting what I found. Should the archive provide a new home for this beauty? (It's a 35mm projector made in Germany)

23/03/2026

We've recently digitized two films made by the World Zionist Organization - ההסתדרות הציונית העולמית in the 1970s to inspire immigration to Israel, specifically to the Golan and Kiryat Shmona. Below are two pictures from shortly after the Six day war in Ramat Magshimim, home of Yeshivat Hagolan. Does anyone recognize them? The films will be available for viewing shortly.

09/12/2025

Yesterday the Israeli Government held a national day for the aliyah of Yemenite Jews to the Land of Israel. You can see this aliyah in Flight to Freedom.

Name: Flight to FreedomYear: 1949Duration: 00:14:35Language: EnglishAbstract: Yemenite Jews are transported to Israel from Aden in "Operation Magic Carp...

07/12/2025

Today 17th of Kislev is the national day of appreciation for the wounded of Israel's wars. This film (in Hebrew) from after the Yom Kippur War talks about the wounded and their rehabilitation.

Name: A Time BetweenYear: 1974Duration: 00:26:15Language: HebrewAbstract: Israel's population rallies in the aftermath of the Yom Kippur War. The Spielb...

28/11/2025

November 29th the day the UN voted on the Partition Plan to create a Jewish State and an Arab state .

Name: Day of DecisionYear: 1947Duration: 00:14:07Language: EnglishAbstract: Documentary about the 1947 UN vote on the partition of Palestine.The Spielbe...

19/11/2025

Charles Berlin also has copies of many films from the Spielberg Archive... what do you think of his work?

The Entirety of Israeli Culture Is Stored and Catalogued in Vast Halls at Harvard University

03/11/2025

Today we remember the late Prime Minister of Israel Yitzhak Rabin.

Name: Premier JourneyYear: 1994Duration: 00:04:00Language: EnglishAbstract: Prime Minister Yitzchak Rabin visits Russia to assess the situation of Jews ...

19/10/2025

After two years and the return of all the living hostages, maybe we can start singing again...

06/08/2025

Today at the World Union of Jewish Studies congress we will be showing a film commemorating 40 years to Operation Moses which brought around 8000 Ethiopian Jews to Israel. Room (45)205 from13:45.

04/08/2025

Are you coming to the Congress of the World Union of Jewish Studies? We will be showing films "on the big screen." The films are during the lunch break from 13:45 and tomorrow will be celebrating 100 years to the film Banim Bonim (1925). See Ya'akov Ben Dov's film including Rachel's Tomb, Kibbutz Degania and other sites.

Bring your lunch, and enjoy the air conditioning. Room (45)205.