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001355900 035__ $$a(OCoLC)747797391
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001355900 1001_ $$aBöhm, Gabriela.
001355900 24514 $$aThe longing$$h[electronic resource] :$$bthe forgotten Jews of South America /$$cby Gabriela Böhm.
001355900 260__ $$aNew York, NY :$$bFilmakers Library,$$c2007.
001355900 300__ $$a1 online resource (75 min.).
001355900 500__ $$aOriginally released as DVD.
001355900 500__ $$aTitle from resource description page (viewed May 24, 2011).
001355900 520__ $$aA small group of South Americans are eager to affirm their Jewish faith. Their ancestors, Spanish Jews, were forced to convert during the Inquisition. Even after centuries of living in the New World as Catholics and intermarrying, their families still managed to secretly pass down some Jewish traditions from generation to generation. These practices have convinced them that they were originally Jews and fuel their desire to convert.The Longing, set in Ecuador, tells the story of a group of "conversos" attempting to regain their birthright. Among those featured are three women who traveled 36 hours roundtrip, by bus, from Colombia and a couple from a small Ecuadorian town. On the Internet, they have found an American rabbi from Kansas City committed to helping "lost Jews" throughout the world reclaim their identities. For two years they have studied online, following the rabbi's conversion course to Judaism. Now they are meeting the rabbi in Guayaquil, Ecuador. When the rabbi arrives, he finds the local established Jewish community uncooperative. The congregation is suspicious of the group s claim to their Jewish roots, even locking the Temple doors against these outsiders. Ultimately, the rabbi is able to get several local Jews to reluctantly participate in the conversion.Lost no more, the new converts dreams are fulfilled. Yet they face an uncertain future. They are isolated in their Catholic towns and receive little support from the Jewish community, which questions the religious authenticity of the rabbi s conversions.
001355900 521__ $$aFor High School; Adult audiences.
001355900 546__ $$aThis edition in English.
001355900 650_0 $$aConversion$$xJudaism. 
001355900 650_0 $$aJewish converts.
001355900 650_0 $$aJews$$zSouth America.
001355900 655_7 $$aDocumentary films.$$2lcgft
001355900 7761_ $$cOriginal$$w(OCoLC)747797391
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001355900 945__ $$aThe Whole World$$cMiddle East
001355900 980__ $$aSTREAMING
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001355900 982__ $$aStreaming Video
001355900 983__ $$aOnline