For Your Passover Viewing Pleasure: Learn about Passover through its various depictions in film. These movies (some more family-friendly than others) are perfect for the holiday when you're actually supposed to recline!

Nora's Will When his ex-wife Nora dies right before Passover, José is forced to stay with her body until she can be properly put to rest. He soon realizes he is part of Nora's plan to bring her family back together for one last Passover feast. In Spanish with English subtitles. Available at http://www.chaiflicks.com/

Passover Fever A lively comedy about three generations of a modern Israeli family who convene to celebrate Passover. In Hebrew with English subtitles. Available at https://israelfilmcenterstream.org/film/passover-fever/

The Prince of Egypt The animated feature from Dreamworks that dramatically retells the story of Moses. Available from Comcast, Amazon Prime and other streaming services.

A Passover In what was the highest rated single TV episode in history, this 1990’s classic centers around Grandpa Boris telling the Exodus story to the kids as an increasing number of characters get stranded in the attic during the family Seder. Available from Comcast, Amazon Prime and other streaming services (season 3).

Streit's: Matzo and the American Dream For more than 90 years, the Streit’s matzo factory sat in a low-slung tenement building on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. While other matzo companies modernized, Streit’s remained a piece of living history, churning out 40 percent of the nation’s unleavened bread on pre-War machinery as old as the factory itself. This documentary captures the Streit's saga and how it echoes the American Dream. Available at http://www.chaiflicks.com/

The Sturgeon Queens Produced to coincide with the 100th anniversary of Russ and Daughters, a Lower East Side lox and herring emporium, this documentary includes six colorful longtime customers sitting around a table reading the script in the style of a Passover Seder. Available on Amazon Prime and other streaming services.

The Ten Commandments Passover is the perfect time to enjoy this 1956 American epic produced, directed, and narrated by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, and Anne Baxter. Filmed on location in Egypt, Mount Sinai and the Sinai Peninsula, it features one of the largest sets ever created for a film and, at the time of its release, was the most expensive film ever made. It is also one of the most financially successful, grossing approximately $122.7 million (equivalent to $1.15 billion today) at the box office. Sure, it’s almost 4 hours long but who doesn’t have time to revisit this classic? Available from Comcast, Amazon Prime and other streaming services.

When Do We Eat? This is the hilarious story of the world’s fastest Passover Seder gone horribly awry! Available on Amazon Prime and other streaming services.

Happy Passover! Rachel Kamin The Joseph and Mae Gray Cultural & Learning Center North Suburban Synagogue Beth El [email protected]