About the JHVC

Materials included with the
Jewish Heritage Video Collection

The JHVC includes everything required to successfully set up and run a video lending program and full course curricula. The JHVC was designed to be easily adaptable to a wide range of situations, with extensive documentation guiding administrators through every aspect of managing the collection.

Each JHVC delivery includes:

Video Library of nearly 200 films and television programs, along with specially designed display and storage units for the videocassettes, and all the materials necessary for renting videos. In addition to the core collection that sites receive as part of the JHVC, "bonus packs" are periodically offered for purchase to update and supplement the video library.

Courses: The following courses are included:

• American Jewish Comedy: An Introduction
Curatorial and research services provided by The Jewish Museum

• American Jewish Directors: Three Visions of the American Jewish Experience
By Lester D. Friedman, Syracuse University, and David Desser, University of Illinois

• Elie Wiesel's Great Figures of the Bible
By Beverly Schneider; Academic Consultant, Rabbi Tsvi Blanchard

• Growing-Up Stories: Coming of Age in the Media and in Literature
Curatorial and research services provided by The Jewish Museum

• The Jewish Image in American Film: Eight Decades of Jewish Characters and Themes
By Lester D. Friedman, Syracuse University

• More Than Chemistry: The Romantic Choices of American Jews
By Sylvia Barack Fishman, Brandeis University

• Perspectives on the Holocaust: A Course for Adolescents
By Patricia Erens, Rosary College, and Mary Johnson, Facing History and Ourselves

• "Real Americans": The Evolving Identity of American Jews
By Sylvia Barack Fishman, Brandeis University

• Visions of Israel: Israeli Filmmakers and Images of the
Jewish State
By Ilan Avisar, Tel Aviv University

• Yiddish Culture: Between the Old World and the New
Curatorial and research services provided by The Jewish Museum

• Viewer's Guide for Israel: A Nation Is Born

Handbook for Film Groups: a guide for setting up film groups using the films in the Collection.

Publicity Materials: Everything an organization needs to market and promote the JHVC library including a press release, flyer, and camera-ready ads for the video library and for each of the courses.

Manual for Program Administrators: A step-by-step guide to setting up and managing the JHVC.

Manual for Library Administrators: A comprehensive guide to the day-to-day operation of the JHVC library.

Manual for Course Leaders: Guide on conducting JHVC courses.
Video Catalogs: The catalog lists all the films in the Collection, with a brief description of each title.

Guide to Public Performance: Outlines the rights already obtained by the JHVC and provides a list of sources to contact in order to secure additional public performance rights. Videotapes in the Collection may be lent for home viewing and used in face-to-face teaching with an instructor, as in a JHVC course (under the "classroom exemption" in the copyright law). Any other kind of showing within or outside an institution--for example, for publicity purposes or as entertainment--is considered "public performance" and is prohibited without prior written permission from rights holders.