Jewish Life in Bialystok from the archives of The National Center for Jewish Film DVD Sale Books the "Jerusalem of Lithuania" during

the "Jerusalem of Lithuania" during the years before World War II

and the attentions of the mob

―Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi

Almost before he knows it

"And the World Stood Silent" gathers the Sephardim's French

Jewish Life in Bialystok from the archives of The National Center for Jewish Film DVD Sale Books the "Jerusalem of Lithuania" duringDocumentary Film DVD Vivid cinematography and music evoke the industrial and cultural center that was Bialystok in 1939. Images of smokestacks, power looms and textile workers; downtown shops and buses, market day with peasants and horses; schools, synagogues, the Sholem Aleichem Library, the TOZ sanatorium and a community run summer camp reflect the diversity of the citys 200 year old Jewish community. In addition to the tile roofed home of Dr.