THE IHIDDI N LIVES OF GAY-iO1D LESBIAN ORTHODOX'AND HASIDIC JEWS

"POWERFUL! A FILM THAT SHOULD,

INDEED MUST BE SEEN."__ JEWISH WEEK

"**** SURPRISINGLY FUNNY!"

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A FILM BY SANDI

Making History
Come Alive

Friday, February 8 at 7 & 9:30 p.m.
Saturday, February 9 at 4, 7 & 9:30 p.m. • Sunday, February 10 at 1, 4 & 7 p.m.

"PROVOCATIVE"

— International Herald Tribune

"UNFORGETTABLE"

— Variety

"Heritage: Civilization and the Jews"
unleashes the full power of DVD ROM technology.

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EDDY FRIEDFELD
Special to the Jewish News

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remastered and augmented by schol-
ars from 21 universities. With the
DVD, viewers are able to search and
personally tailor more than 7,000
multimedia elements, including an
abridged version of the Encyclopedia
Judaica, which includes almost a
third of the articles of the full ency-
clopedia first published in 1973.
More than 650 annotated historical
documents, 541 map views and more

he DVD has become one of
the major technological
breakthroughs of the last
decade, offering entertain-
ment and information in a way never
available before. Among the recently
released Jewish-related titles that will
entertain, inform and inspire is
Civilization and the
Jews (Home Vision
Entertainment,
www.hve.com).
This four-DVD set
is not only a compre-
hensive historical
work; it represents a
technological break-
through both in DVD-
ROM technology and
as an entertainment
and educational vehi-
cle.
The beauty of the
images, sound and
graphics may result in
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this work replacing the
"Heritage: Civilization and the Jews," narrated by
silver pen and the ency- host and distinguished statesman Abba Eban, shown
clopedia of Jewish
here at the Western Wall, puts 5,000 years of Jewish
humor as the ultimate
history into users' hands.
bar/bat mitzvah gift.
"It is a matter of pro-
than 100 interactive multimedia pre-
found importance that audiences in
sentations are included.
the U.S. and around the world, both
"Every good teacher has always
Jews and non-Jews, can now experi-
ence through television and new
sought to make history come alive
before their students," said Peter A.
technologies the long, continuous,
Geffen, the founder of the Abraham
somber, sometimes tragic, yet noble
Joshua Heschel School, and a con-
story of the Jewish journey across the
sultant to Jewish day schools in the
theater of history," said Abba Eban.
United States and Canada.
The renowned Israeli statesman
"This DVD set provides the ability
served as host and narrator of the
to move between the centuries, explor-
1984 nine-hour Peabody and Emmy-
ing original sources, sites and sounds,
winning series that has been updated
and presents a revolutionary opportu-
and rebroadcast over public television
nity for enhancing the educational
stations across the country to cele-
experience for schoolchildren," he
brate the release of the DVD.
added.
Originally seen by 51 million
The boxed set includes three pro-
Americans, the program has been
gram DVDs plus an interactive
Eddy Friedfeld is a New York-based writer DVD-ROM for $99.95. A five-tape
and the film and entertainment critic for
VHS version of the updated program
the Daily Record in North Carolina.
is available for $99.95 as well. E

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