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A STORY OF DISTORTIONS OF JEWISH VALUES AND ILLUSIONS OF A PARADISE THAT MAN THOUGHT HE COULD BUILD

“Distortions and Illusions” – 1920-1929 / The Roaring 20s is the story of rabbis and scholars, about yeshivas and women’s education, about strengthening the old and adapting to the new. It is a story about power, mass media, propaganda, gangsters and hoodlums… of Jewish communists on the left and radical Jews on the right. This was the decade that changed the world forever.

A decade of hope, aspirations, optimism & progress - until the bubble burst.

DVD #1 includes:
80 min documentary movie

DVD #2 includes Encyclopedic Resourse DVD and Educator's Guide:
Printable Biographies
Topic Summaries
Primary Sources
22 video chapters
Photo archive
Educators guide which includes instant lessons