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Echoes From a Ghost Minyan
The Jews of South Philadelphia (1998)
DVD | Color47 min | Full Screen
Directed by Joe Van Blunk, Gustave Rosanio
Produced by Joe Van Blunk, Gustave Rosanio
Written by Joseph Van Blunk
Narrated by Joseph Van Blunk
Price $17.50
(includes shipping)
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On February 2, 1882 the S.S. Illinois docked on the foot of Federal Street on the Delaware River in South Philadelphia. Among the passengers on board were 225 Russian Jewish refugees.
By the close of World War I almost 40 years later, this trickle of refugees had soared to over 100,000 Jewish immigrants, making South Philadelphia at one time the second largest inner city Jewish neighborhood in North America. This important, flourishing and under-documented Jewish community was preceded in size only by New York's Lower East Side.
After World War II the Jews began leaving South Philadelphia for other parts of the city and surrounding suburbs.
At the close of the 20th century, the original Jewish immigrant community of South Philadelphia had dwindled to less than 500 people.
Using interviews, archival photographs, home movies and present day footage of the remaining community, Echoes from a Ghost Minyan documents this once thriving Jewish neighborhood and illuminates the lives of those who once lived, worked and worshiped there.
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Boardwalk
Greetings from Wildwood by the Sea (2003)
DVD | Color48 min | Full Screen
Directed by Joseph Van Blunk and Gustave Rosanio
Produced by Gustave Rosanio, Joseph Van Blunk
Written by Bob Ingram and Joseph Van Blunk
Narrated by Bob Ingram
Price $17.50
(includes shipping)
Located almost at the very southern tip of New Jersey, not far from where the Atlantic Ocean meets the Delaware Bay, stretches the last of the world's great boardwalks in Wildwood by the Sea.
From its humble beginnings in the late 19th Century and continuing up to the present, the boardwalk by Wildwood has been one constant in an ever changing culture. From snow-bound and forgotten in the dead of winter to its full summer glory, experience the boardwalk as it has never been seen.
Starting with early morning bike rides and ending with a pre-dawn thunderstorm, come and walk and explore the "boards" with journalist/writer and self-proclaimed "boardwalk rat" Bob Ingram. From the top of the ferris wheel to eye level with the wood on the boardwalk itself, Bob takes us on his daily tour of this two miles of fun, family, food and magic.
BOARDWALK was directed by award winning filmmakers Joseph Van Blunk and Gustave Rosario. Filmed from every possible angle, and during all four seasons, BOARDWALK was received to unanimous critical acclaim and has been broadcast a number of times on Public Television.
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Longshore Films / 241 Sigel Street / Philadelphia, PA 19148
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