Simcha Jacobovici – MRQE

The Exodus Decoded (TV)

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Exodus Decoded is a documentary created by Jewish Canadian filmmaker Simcha Jacobovici, in which new evidence in favor of the historicity of the Biblical Exodus is explored.

The Lost Tomb of Jesus (TV)

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Academy Award winning director James Cameron and Emmy Award winning investigative journalist Simcha Jacobovici have joined forces and produced a documentary film claiming to have identified the tomb and physical remains of Jesus of Nazareth.

The Struma

Wed, 03 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

In the waning days of 1941, a converted yacht called the Struma carried 769 Romanian Jews fleeing Ion Antonescu’s brutal Nazi-supported regime from the Black Sea coastal town of Constanta to British-controlled Palestine. After only a couple days out to sea, the ship developed engine trouble and was forced to harbor in Istanbul’s harbor. For two months a complicated political and diplomatic struggle ensued between Germany, Turkey, Britain, the Soviet Union. Eventually, the harried passengers where herded on board and towed into the Black Sea. A day later, it was torpedoed and all but one passenger died. Documentary filmmaker Simcha Jacobovici, whose grandparents were among those killed on the ship, recounts the doomed journey of the Struma and its mysterious end. He follows British diver Greg Buxton’s attempts at fining the wreck and interviews Turkish officials about the matter, delves into mid-century geopolitics, and explores the German-Turkish chromium trade during the 1940s. This film was screened at the 2001 Toronto Film Festival.

Deadly Currents

Wed, 03 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The film focuses on Gaza and the West Bank where soldiers and youths are caught up in the Intefada, and on the clash of history and ideas in regions to which both peoples have historical claims.

Falasha

Wed, 03 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

True story of the plight and persecution of Ethiopian Jewry and of Operation Moses, which was organized in response, transporting thousands of Ethiopian Jews to Israel by means of secret airlifts from Sudan.