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Moriah Films Moriah Films is the two-time Academy Award® - winning film division of the Simon Wiesenthal Center

Moriah Films is the Jack and Pearl Resnick Film Division of the Simon Wiesenthal Center. Our documentaries focus on the 3,500 year old Jewish experience as well as contemporary human rights and ethical issues. Moriah’s goal is to produce theatrical documentaries on a regular basis that both enlighten and educate while at the same time reach national and international audiences. Two of Moriahs’ fil

ms have been recipients of Academy Awards™ for Best Feature Documentary, Genocide (1981) and The Long Way Home (1997).

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Watch now on Netflix: “Never Stop Dreaming - The Life and Legacy of Shimon Peres”www.netflix.com/title/81179064. ...
07/13/2022

Watch now on Netflix: “Never Stop Dreaming - The Life and Legacy of Shimon Peres”
www.netflix.com/title/81179064.

In politics, most pursue power. He pursued peace. Shimon Peres’ influence and integrity were instrumental in the founding and preservation of Israel.

From the Simon Wiesenthal’s two-time Academy Award-winning Moriah Films.

09/10/2020

New Moriah Films' Website -15 Films Streaming Now

From the two-time Academy Award®-winning film division of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, Moriah Films are now available for streaming: http://www.moriahfilms.com/film-library/

To learn more, watch a trailer, or read about each film, go to Moriah Films new website, www.moriahfilms.com

“The Prime Ministers: The Pioneers” feat. the voices of Sandra Bullock, Michael Douglas, Leonard Nimoy & Christoph Waltz...
04/29/2020

“The Prime Ministers: The Pioneers” feat. the voices of Sandra Bullock, Michael Douglas, Leonard Nimoy & Christoph Waltz

https://vimeo.com/412559475/315170569f

The film clip below is from "The Prime Ministers: The Pioneers" - available for streaming here:

Amazon:https://amzn.to/3aawkYV

iTunes:https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/the-prime-ministers-the-pioneers/id1367365502

Find more films from the Moriah Films collection available for streaming here:
http://www.moriahfilms.com/film-library/

Purchase any of the Moriah Films DVDs here: https://www.moriahfilms.com/DVD

A Jewish Hero: Remembering Simon Wiesenthalhttps://vimeo.com/409927379/41212f937eSimon Wiesenthal. The conscience of the...
04/24/2020

A Jewish Hero: Remembering Simon Wiesenthal
https://vimeo.com/409927379/41212f937e

Simon Wiesenthal. The conscience of the Holocaust. A Holocaust survivor who pledged to his fellow brothers and sisters - brutally murdered in the Shoah - that they would never be forgotten. A man who dedicated his life to bringing over 1,100 N**i war criminals to justice. A Jewish hero whose rallying cry was justice, not vengeance.

We remember Simon Wiesenthal who said, “When my life is over and I meet up with the six million, I will be proud to say to them, I have never forgotten you."

The Simon Wiesenthal Center is privileged to continue Mr. Wiesenthal’s legacy. Every day, we continue his work of combatting anti-Semitism, teaching the lessons of the Holocaust. standing up to evil, and protecting the safety of Jews everywhere. Now more than ever.

“I Have Never Forgotten You” is available streaming online:

iTunes:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/i-have-never-forgotten-you-life-legacy-simon-wiesenthal/id1367333154

The Roku Channel:
therokuchannel.roku.com/watch/292d37b03a235e7eae7b3b0451a0956b?ti=0

Winston Churchill: Walking With Destiny, narrated by Sir Ben Kingsley, explores Winston Churchill, a leader who inspired...
03/19/2020

Winston Churchill: Walking With Destiny, narrated by Sir Ben Kingsley, explores Winston Churchill, a leader who inspired his nation and the world at a time when the virus of N**ism and anti-Semitic hate was spreading across Europe.

Genocide — the Academy Award®-winner narrated by Elizabeth Taylor and Orson Wells — tells the story of when such a virus goes unchecked.

Both films are available for viewing on streaming platforms today.

On February 17, 1949, exactly 71 years ago, Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, elected its first President, Chaim Weizman...
02/18/2020

On February 17, 1949, exactly 71 years ago, Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, elected its first President, Chaim Weizmann. As a young man in his native Russia, Weizmann was a fervent Zionist, inspired by the founder of the modern political Zionism, Theodor Herzl.

Later moving to Great Britain, he became a renowned scientist and his development of industrial fermentation and acetone played an integral role in the Allies victory in World War I.

At the end of WWI, Weizmann became the leader of the British Zionist movement and was integral in the creation of the Balfour Declaration, a British government policy which called for the establishment of a Jewish State in Palestine. Weizmann later became President of the World Zionist Organization and along with David Ben-Gurion, who became Israel’s first Prime Minister, became the face of the World Zionist movement.

Moriah Films documentary “It is No Dream: The Life of Theodor Herzl”, narrated by Academy Award®-winner, Sir Ben Kingsley and featuring Academy Award®-Winner Christoph Waltz as the voice of Theodor Herzl, recounts how Herzl, a well-known journalist and playwright, horrified by the anti-Semitism he saw spreading across Europe, created modern political Zionism. A little more than 50 years after Herzl declared at the First Zionist Congress in Basel “In Basel, I created the Jewish State,” his dream came true when the state of Israel came into being.

Continuing our salute to the amazing talents who’ve donated their time to narrate our films, we go back to 2010.Sir Ben ...
02/13/2020

Continuing our salute to the amazing talents who’ve donated their time to narrate our films, we go back to 2010.

Sir Ben Kingsley, who previously narrated Moriah’s, “Unlikely Heroes” and appeared in “I Have Never Forgotten You” to discuss his close relationship with Simon Wiesenthal, served as the narrator for “Walking with Destiny”.

The documentary examines Winston Churchill’s lone fight against Adolf Hi**er after he became Prime Minister of Great Britain in 1940, and his efforts to convince Franklin Roosevelt to join the war effort.

The film was used as resource material by the producers of the Academy Award®️winning “The Darkest Hour”.

To continue our celebration of Moriah Films’ , we look back at the year 2000.Academy Award®️Winne Michae Douglas donate...
02/12/2020

To continue our celebration of Moriah Films’ , we look back at the year 2000.

Academy Award®️Winne Michae Douglas donated his time and talent to narrate “In Search of Peace”, examining Israel’s first two decades of existence. Providing the voice of Golda Meir, was Academy Award®️ Winner and screen legend Anne Bancroft.

Michael Douglas also went on to provide the voice of Yitzhak Rabin in Moriah’s two-part series “The Prime Ministers”. All these films can be streamed on Amazon Prime Video and Apple TV and are available for purchase through Museum of Tolerance.

Moriah Films has worked with many of the leading actors and actresses working today - the majority of whom are Academy A...
02/11/2020

Moriah Films has worked with many of the leading actors and actresses working today - the majority of whom are Academy Award winners. During , each day we will share photos of the actors with whom we’ve worked - all donating their time and talent to our films.

“Against the Tide,” narrated by , documents how US immigration laws kept desperate Jews [email protected] safe haven in America as the N**is took control of Europe and the Holocaust unfolded.

One Jewish activist, Peter Bergson, tried to bring attention to what was happening and found himself coming up against the leadership of the American Jewish community about the proper response to the Roosevelt administration and its State Department.

Nominated by the Writers Guild of America for Best Documentary Screenplay.

02/07/2020

Every filmmaker waits for the day when they hear the sentence, “...and the goes to...” followed by their name.

On March 24, 1998, at the 70th Academy Awards®️, Robert De Niro presented award for Best Documentary Feature.

With all the nominees on the edge of their seats, De Niro said, “...and the Oscar goes to” Rabbi Marvin Hier and Richard Trank for their work on “The Long Way Home.”

22 years later, the moment is still exciting.

Be sure to watch , available on Amazon Prime Video and Apple TV, and be sure to follow Moriah Films

Over the years, Moriah Films has worked with narrators for each of its films. From Elizabeth Taylor and Orson Welles for...
02/06/2020

Over the years, Moriah Films has worked with narrators for each of its films. From Elizabeth Taylor and Orson Welles for our first documentary to George Clooney for our most recent production.

For “The Long Way Home,” which won Best Documentary Feature at the 1998 The Academy Awards®, Oscar winner Morgan Freeman donated his talent as the narrator.

The character roles were voiced by Oscar-winners Martin Landau, and Michael York, and multiple Emmys / Television Academy award winner Edward Asner, featured in the photos with the film’s director Mark Jonathan Harris and its producer Richard Trank.

Moriah Films's cover photo
08/26/2019

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and Moriah Films Wishes President Peres Quick and Full Recovery
09/13/2016

and Moriah Films Wishes President Peres Quick and Full Recovery

Wishes President Peres Quick and Full Recovery

A wonderful night last night at our annual banquet. Rabbi Hier announced the topic of our next two films (end of article...
04/19/2016
Simon Wiesenthal Center Honors Lionsgate's Jon Feltheimer as Donald Trump Comes Under Fire

A wonderful night last night at our annual banquet. Rabbi Hier announced the topic of our next two films (end of article). http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/simon-wiesenthal-center-honors-lionsgates-885442?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=THR%20Awards%20Alerts_now_2016-04-18%2023:58:56_ARahman&utm_term=hollywoodreporter_therace_alerts

SWC founder/dean Rabbi Marvin Hier, speaking at the organization's National Tribute Dinner, also revealed that the next releases of the center's in-house documentary film division will examine the lives of Israeli leaders David Ben-Gurion and Shimon Peres.

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Every filmmaker waits for the day when they hear the sentence, “...and the #oscar goes to...” followed by their name. On March 24, 1998, at the 70th Academy Awards®️, Robert De Niro presented @theacademy award for Best Documentary Feature. With all the nominees on the edge of their seats, De Niro said, “...and the Oscar goes to” Rabbi Marvin Hier and Richard Trank for their work on “The Long Way Home.” 22 years later, the moment is still exciting. Be sure to watch #thelongwayhome , available on Amazon Prime Video and Apple TV, and be sure to follow Moriah Films

Music for the opening sequence and main title of Moriah's new documentary currently in production "It Is No Dream", directed by Richard Trank, written by Rabbi Marvin Hier and Richard Trank, original music composed and conducted by Lee Holdridge and performed by the Slovak National Symphony.

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Academy Award® winning Writer/Director Cameron Crowe (Almost Famous, Jerry Maguire), Executive Producer Doug Blush, Museum of Tolerance, Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, Visual Communications, and AAJA-LA

invite you to a special screening of:

LIKE A ROLLING STONE:
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF BEN FONG-TORRES

𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟭, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟭 / 𝟰:𝟬𝟬 𝗣𝗠 𝗣𝗧

At the Museum of Tolerance
9786 West Pico Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90035

“'Like A Rolling Stone: The Life and Times of Ben Fong-Torres' is a must-see for every journalist, for any music fan, and for anyone who’s ever doubted their chances of success.” -The Playlist

“If you don’t already know Ben Fong-Torres for his groundbreaking work in 1960s music journalism, buckle up.” -Town & Country

Q&A following the screening with Director, Suzanne Joe Kai, the film's subject Ben Fong-Torres moderated by Academy Award®-winning Writer/Director of Simon Wiesenthal Center's Moriah Films, Richard Trank.

REGISTER NOW at https://secure.wiesenthal.com/site/Ticketing;jsessionid=00000000.app20014a?view=Tickets&id=100782&NONCE_TOKEN=21BDC6A79C6B0319963739A303687352.
We are excited to watch development grantee 'Storm Lake' on Independent Lens | PBS this Monday! See what else we are streaming in this week's Screen Time:

• Weijun Chen's 'Please Vote For Me'
• The documentaries of Moriah Films now available through The Library of Congress
• Documentaries at Verzio International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival
• Jimmy Goldblum’s 'A Broken House'
• The films of Rosine Mbakam
Tomorrow marks the anniversary of , the "Night of Broken Glass," where violence against Jews erupted in Germany and Austria on November 9-10, 1938. Ninety-one Jews were murdered, more than 1,400 synagogues were torched, Torah scrolls were set on fire, and Jewish businesses and property were destroyed.

A first-person testimony of the horrific events was documented by C. Brooks Peters, a "New York Times" correspondent in Berlin. His account of what transpired during that tragic time is highlighted in this short clip from Moriah Films' Academy Award®-winning documentary, Genocide, narrated by and .
https://vimeo.com/476452194/6ea3403105
This week marks the 3rd anniversary of the Pittsburgh Tree Of Life Congregation Synagogue massacre. The courage and bravery of its head rabbi, Jeffrey Myers, for his community service and his actions during and after the massacre, is highlighted in this short film from "Courage+Valor: Stories that Inspire" from two-time Academy Award®-winning Moriah Films.


In the aftermath of the massacre at Tree of Life, where 11 people were horrifically murdered, Rabbi Myers found himself with a new mission: the eradication of xenophobic, bigoted and hateful speech, or “h-speech,” as he calls it. He has also dedicated time to building bridges to other communities.

Rabbi Myers received the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s Medal of Valor at its annual Awards Dinner in 2019. His medal had the inscription, “He who saves a single life, it is as if he has saved an entire world.”
The Museum of Tolerance is happy to welcome back museum members for in-person events. Please join us in the Peltz Theater on September 30th at 7pm for our first program, a special pre-release screening of the groundbreaking film, Hester Street.

Dealing with themes of assimilation, this film, set in the early 1900s, focuses on the experiences of an immigrant family in New York City. Gitl (Carol Kane) has just arrived in America from Russia with her son and has come to meet her husband, Jake (Steven Keats), who has been in the States for some time and is comfortably settled. While Gitl struggles to find her place in this country, she clashes with Jake, who has fully embraced their new homeland.

Following the screening, Academy Award®-winning Writer/Director of Simon Wiesenthal Center's Moriah Films, Richard Trank, moderates a discussion with Marisa Silver, daughter of Joan Micklin Silver, the groundbreaking Director of Hester Street, and Carol Kane, Academy Award® nominee for her performance as Gitl.

Register at bit.ly/hester-street.

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As we approach the Jewish calendar’s somber date of 9 Av (Tisha B’Av) on which many catastrophic events befell the Jewish people, the MOT offers relevant documentary films from the Moriah Films library. The Simon Wiesenthal Center’s award winning Moriah Films was established to document the story of the Jewish people from the earliest times to the present. Moriah Films has produced sixteen feature documentaries and two documentary shorts, winning two Academy Awards®. Many of its films have focused on the tragedy of the Holocaust, including these three acclaimed films we are suggesting for viewing on Tisha B’Av.

THE LONG WAY HOME depicts the post-war struggles of Jewish Holocaust survivors in 1945. The majority lost most, if not all, of their family members. Those who tried to return home were met with anti-Semitism and threats of physical violence. Watch now at https://www.moriahfilms.com/film-library/the-long-way-home.html.

UNLIKELY HEROES documents unknown stories of resistance during WWII. Watch now at https://www.moriahfilms.com/film-library/unllikely-heroes.html.

AGAINST THE TIDE highlights how a young activist, Peter Bergson, challenged Washington and the establishment of Jewish organizations to demand that the rescue of Europe’s Jews become a top priority for American Jews. Watch now at https://www.moriahfilms.com/film-library/against-the-tide.html.
Honoring the memory of on her birthday this week.
"I Arrested Anne Frank": Watch film clip from Moriah Films' "I Have Never Forgotten You"
https://vimeo.com/560591941/58768594c3

From Moriah Films’ "I Have Never Forgotten You," narrated by Academy Award®-winning actress Nicole Kidman, this clip highlights how Simon Wiesenthal tracked down Karl Silberbauer, the Gestapo officer who arrested Anne Frank. Dutch neo-N**i propagandists were fairly successful in their attempts to discredit the authenticity of Anne Frank's famous diary until Wiesenthal located Silberbauer, then a police inspector in Austria, in 1963.

"Yes," Silberbauer confessed when confronted, “I arrested Anne Frank.”

“Anne Frank was one of the millions of victims of the N**i regime, a young girl who was not allowed to grow to adulthood, who was denied the right to live merely because she was Jewish. Had she escaped the N**is' horrible machinery of mass destruction, she would perhaps have become a mother, a grandmother, and have passed on her experience of life and her acquired wisdom to her children and grandchildren,” stated Wiesenthal.

Learn more, watch/stream: I Have Never Forgotten You
https://www.moriahfilms.com/film-library/i-have-never-forgotten-you.html
SWC Commemorates : Watch Film Clip From "Liberation"
https://vimeo.com/559143171/79e3bb6975

Today, the Simon Wiesenthal Center is commemorating the 77th anniversary of D-Day. On June 6, 1944, the Allied Forces of Britain, America, Canada, and France attacked German forces on the coast of Normandy, France. With a huge force of over 150,000 soldiers, the Allies attacked and gained a victory that became the turning point for World War II in Europe.

This excerpt from the highly acclaimed Moriah Films documentary "Liberation" narrated by , Patrick Stewart, and Whoopi Goldberg, looks at this incredible moment in history. It also highlights how news of the invasion reached everywhere including Holland and the secret hiding place of Anne Frank, who wrote about it in her diary.

More information on "Liberation" and how to stream it:
https://www.moriahfilms.com/film-library/liberation.html
76 years ago, this week, Simon Wiesenthal was liberated from . Miraculously surviving the tortures inflicted upon his body and soul, he was carried out of Mauthausen weighing less than 90 lbs and having paid the supreme price of losing 89 members of his family.

After the war ended on May 9, 1945, Simon wrote a letter to United States Army intelligence offering his services. He became the permanent representative of the victims. He began his work with the Army, then set up a small office in Linz, and finally moved it to Vienna. The task was overwhelming. The Allies had moved on and were now focused on the Cold War. The survivors were trying to put their lives back together. Retaining his sense of humor and singular purpose, he went out in search of the perpetrators of genocide.

In the end, this architect from Buchach helped bring hundreds of N**i war criminals to justice. Not just ordinary criminals. People like Franz Stangle, the commandant of Treblinka; Gustav Wagner, the commandant of Sobibor; and Walter Rauf, the inventor of the mobile gas vans who had murdered hundreds of thousands.

But more significantly, he kept alive the torch of memory, not without considerable personal sacrifice, preserving a place in our hearts for the victims of the . If there are places today that educate the young about man's inhumanity, it was Simon Wiesenthal who helped plant some of those seeds.

To learn more about Simon’s life and legacy, watch/stream Moriah Films "I Have Never Forgotten You." Narrated by Academy Award®-winning actress Nicole Kidman, this feature-length documentary features interviews with longtime associates, government leaders, friends and family members, many of whom have never discussed the legendary N**i hunter on camera.
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This week, the Simon Wiesenthal Center commemorates the 29th anniversary of the death of Menachem Begin z"l. From 1977 to 1983, Begin was, not only, the Prime Minister of Israel, he was the leader of the Jewish people who took pride in Jewish tradition and Jewish education.

Beginning in the late 1970s, Begin had a long-standing relationship with the Simon Wiesenthal Center, frequently meeting with the Center's founder, Rabbi Marvin Hier.

Photo 1) Mr. Begin is highlighted in three of Moriah Films documentaries; "In Search of Peace" https://www.moriahfilms.com/film-library/in-search-of-peace.html and both "The Prime Ministers: The Pioneers" https://www.moriahfilms.com/film-library/the-prime-ministers-the.html and "The Prime Ministers: Soldiers and Peacemakers" https://www.moriahfilms.com/film-library/the-prime-ministers-soldiers.html

Photo 2) Los Angeles, May 1978 - Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin affixes the mezuzah to the doorpost of the newly-opened Simon Wiesenthal Center. Wiesenthal Center Founder and Dean, Rabbi Marvin Hier standing behind Prime Minister Begin.

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