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The Rabbi and the Doctor

Rabbi Immanuel Jakobovits created the field of Jewish medical ethics.  Dr. Christiaan Barnard performed the first heart transplant. Their long correspondence provides some surprises.Communist Colluders

After World War II, East European Communist parties sought to burnish their image as nationalist patriots.  How did they do it?  Anti-Semitism, of course. Overlord

Cooper's 1975 film, set just before the D-Day invasion, follows a young British soldier from basic training to the vicious battle on the beaches of Normandy. (Video; free link, expires November 19th)Rome, Open City

Filmed in the immediate aftermath of the war, Rosselini's 1945 drama, set in Rome, 1944, portrays the doomed struggle of the Italian resistance against their Nazi occupiers. (Video; free link, expires November 19th)Ballad of a Soldier

A milestone of Soviet cinema, Chukhrai's 1959 film, about a Russian soldier returning home on leave, contrasts the devastation of war with the endurance of love. (Video; free link, expires November 19th)Night and Fog

Featuring real footage from Auschwitz and Majdanek, Resnais' 1955 documentary Nuit et Brouillard made audiences worldwide witnesses to the brutality of the concentration camps. (Video; free link, expires November 19th)