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99

Dir. Nick Borenstein
5 min | USA | Short

A mother and son shop for a bar mitzvah gift at a 99-cent store.

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Army of Lovers in the Holy Land

Dir. Asaf Galay
65 min | Israel | Documentary

A fun and revealing look at one of Europe’s most outrageous pop musical acts and its lead singer’s move from Sweden to Israel.

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The Art of Waiting

Dir. Erez Tadmor
91 min | Israel | Narrative

A couple in their thirties dream of having a child together, only to be told they will need fertility treatments. Tenderness and humor combine in this modern exploration of family and relationships.

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Asia

Dir. Ruthy Pribar
85 min | Israel | Narrative

Asia is not your average mom. She’s free-spirited, open-minded, and non-judgmental; when her teenage daughter (Shira Haas, Unorthodox) announces that she’s ready to lose her virginity, that approach is put to the test.

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Aulcie

Dir. Dani Menken
75 min | Israel | Documentary

The inspiring story of Aulcie Perry, a basketball legend who led Maccabi Tel Aviv to an upset win in the European Championship, before dedicating his life to helping people suffering from substance use.

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Backbeat

Dir. Martin Blank
4 min | USA | Short

Beth is practical, River is impractical. Through 86 years of trials and travails, they stay by each other’s side.

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Bear With Me

Dir. Daphna Awadish
4 min | Netherlands | Short

A short animated documentary on immigrants who left their home and crossed borders for love.

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Bender JCC Community Conversation: When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit

Discussion

Join Lisa Del Sesto, Director, Arts & Ideas and Frieda Enoch, Director, Coming of Age at the Bender JCC, to discuss the poignant and moving film, When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit.

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Butterflies in Berlin

Dir. Monica Manganelli
30 min | GermanyItaly | Short

Brilliant art deco animation illustrates a transgender person’s brave journey of self-acceptance in 1930s Berlin, just as the city is overrun by repressive sociopolitical forces.

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The Crossing

Dir. Johanne Helgeland
90 min | Norway | Narrative

In this film for the whole family, four courageous children flee the Nazi occupation for Sweden.

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Douze Points

Dir. Daniel Syrkin
90 min | FranceIsrael | Narrative

A comedy-thriller-satire created by mixing ISIS operatives, tough Mossad agents, and a unique relationship between two young Muslim guys in the most rainbow-colored song contest imaginable.

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Esau

Dir. Pavel Lungin
100 min | IsraelRussia | Narrative

A 40-year-old writer returns home after many years away to confront a twin brother who stole his life and livelihood in Israel. Featuring Harvey Kietel, Lior Ashkenazi, and Shira Haas.

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Flawless

Dirs. Tal GranitSharon Maymon
93 min | GermanyIsrael | Narrative

Three 17-year-old girls navigate the daily indignities of high school using razor-sharp wit to shield their vulnerabilities. Envious of their picture-perfect popular classmates, the trio make a secret pact to raise the funds for cosmetic surgery and prom dresses.

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Gina Sobel

Concert

A virtuoso on multiple instruments (flute, sax, voice), Gina Sobel presents a concert infused with contemporary interpretations of traditional Sephardic music.

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Golda

Dir. Sagi Bornstein
80 min | Israel | Documentary

The eventful story of Golda Meir’s term as Prime Minister of Israel – from her surprising rise to power and iconic international stature as “queen of the Jewish people,” through to her tragic demise.

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Here We Are

Dir. Nir Bergman
92 min | IsraelItaly | Narrative

Aharon has devoted his life to raising his autistic son, Uri. They live together in gentle harmony, finding comfort in a routine of their own making. But Uri is autistic, and now as a young adult, it might finally be time for him to move out.

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He’s That Guy

Dir. Ian Mark
9 min | USA | Short

Joyce and Irwin’s perfect wedding falls apart when the best man whispers that the Rabbi (George Wyner) was on ER.

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How To Swim

Dir. Noa Gusakov
15 min | Israel | Short

Abigail, who recently lost her mother, is pregnant. Terrified about the coming birth, she “kidnaps” a mother of her own for one afternoon.

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An Impossible Love

Dir. Catherine Corsini
135 min | BelgiumFrance | Narrative

A tender chronicle of the unconditional love between a mother and her daughter, which is endangered by an unsteady and manipulative father.

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Inside the Pipelines

Dir. Adva Santo
5 min | Israel | Short

Tel Aviv’s Central Bus Station provides the backdrop for this experimental animation that delves into isolation, otherness, and transition.

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An Irrepressible Woman

Dir. Laurent Heynemann
103 min | France | Narrative

Jeanne Reichenbach’s love for Socialist premier Leon Blum leads her to risk her life in an attempt to free him from the Buchenwald concentration camp.

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Jazz Night @ JxJ

Concert

An all-star evening of (mostly) Jewish jazz musicians from the greater Washington region. Susan Jones, jazz violin; Michael Raitzyk, guitar; Harry Appleman, keyboard; Josh Bayer, bass; Ele Rubinstein, drums.

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Judith Helfand discusses Love & Stuff

Discussion

Join director Judith Helfand and Edlavitch DCJCC CEO Dava Schub in conversation about Love & Stuff.

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The Kleztet with Special Guest Susan Jones

Concert

Featuring special guest Susan Jones on violin, the Kleztet blends Eastern European Jewish folk music with jazz and diverse modern influences.

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Lady Liberty

Dir. Taylor Lee Nagel
25 min | USA | Short

A coming-of-age comedy following Shea Miller—a 20-something aspiring comedian and assistant to a much more famous comedian—as she learns to claim her queerness and redefine herself.

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Lenka Lichtenberg: The Thieves of Dreams Preview

Concert

Intimate, intense poetry written by the artist’s grandmother in WWII concentration camp Theresienstadt, is brought to life through music and spoken word.

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Light The Night

Community Events

Join a different department of the EDCJCC each night of Chanukah to light the menorah and learn about the amazing people who work here.

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Love & Stuff

Dir. Judith Helfand
80 min | USA | Documentary

Grieving her beloved mother and living amidst 63 boxes of her dead parents’ stuff, one transformative “YES” turns filmmaker Judith Helfand into a 50-year-old new mother.

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Ma’Abarot: The Israeli Transit Camps

Dir. Dina Zvi Riklis
84 min | Israel | Documentary

This first documentary to delve into the story of Israeli transit camps—a controversial project that housed hundreds of thousands of new immigrants from all over the world.

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Marriage Material

Dir. Oran Zegman
25 min | USA | Short

After her boyfriend rejects her marriage proposal, Leah checks herself into the “Late Blooming Bride” retreat, which re-packages women into “Marriage Material” at all costs.

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More Kibel: Seth and Will Kibel

Concert

Seth Kibel, teams up with his 15-year old son and pianist, Will Kibel, for a high-energy klezmer, jazz, and swing show.

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Niki Jacobs Presents The Mauthausen Trilogy

Netherlands | Concert

Niki Jacobs—singer, recording artist, and founder of contemporary Dutch klezmer ensemble Nikitov—present the Theodorakis’ Mauthausen Trilogy, sung in Yiddish.

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Pozez JCC Community Conversation: The Crossing

Discussion

Grab a brown bag lunch and participate in a lively dialogue on the beautiful and sweet Norwegian film The Crossing, moderated by Jim Finkel, of the Henry Stimson Center’s Protecting Civilians in Conflict; and featuring Dr. Anette H. Storeide, of the Falstad Memorial Centre, Norway; and author Dr. Susan Suleiman.

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The Rabbi Goes West

Dirs. Amy GellerGerald Peary
78 min | USA | Documentary

A funny and surprisingly complex documentary about a Chabad rabbi who goes from Brooklyn to Montana, where he encounters widely different reactions from the local Jewish community.

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Round Three

Dir. Shahar Shamay
19 min | Israel | Short

Ofira is a newly retired art teacher, who, for the first time in her life, will put herself outside her comfortable routine. She decides to revive an old dream – to become a painter.

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Shakti

Dir. Martín Rejtman
19 min | ArgentinaChile | Short

A Jewish young man, the death of his grandmother, depression, Hare Krishnas, Passover, and potato knishes.

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Shared Legacies: The African American-Jewish Civil Rights Alliance

Dir. Shari Rogers
95 min | USA | Documentary

A riveting look at the coalition and friendship between the Jewish and African American communities during the Civil Rights Movement.

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Shiva Baby

Dir. Emma Seligman
77 min | USA | Narrative

A young Jewish woman’s steamy secrets are unearthed during one emotionally frantic shiva, in Emma Seligman’s comedy of discomfort.

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SONiA disappear fear

Concert

Fresh off the release of her 20th album, Love out Loud, the legendary Jewish singer-songwriter performs her unique blend of eccentric, poetic, and social-consciousness music.

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Susan Jones in conversation with Seth Kibel

Discussion

Susan Jones (Jazz Night @ JxJ and The Kleztet with special guest Susan Jones) discusses her contributions to JxJ’s concert lineup with fellow musician Seth Kibel.

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Sweater

Dir. Nick Borenstein
5 min | USA | Short

Corey is having a terrible day, but his new sweater and a trip to the coffee shop just might turn it all around.

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Thou Shalt Not Hate

Dir. Mauro Mancini
96 min | Italy | Narrative

A Jewish surgeon refuses to help a victim of a traffic accident after discovering his Nazi tattoo, but he is soon racked by guilt and begins to doubt his actions.

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Till Life Do Us Part

96 min | CanadaIsraelUSA | Shorts Program

A whimsical, fun, and spirited collection of short films that examine our pivotal turning points— whether they center on dating and marriage, career, or coming of age.

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Touch

Dir. Nir Berger
25 min | Israel | Short

A screen-age love story. Adele, a 17-year-old internet troll who enjoys insulting her classmates online, is hit on by a like-minded boy.

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Transformers

111 min | ArgentinaChileIsraelItalyUSA | Shorts Program

A series of shorts about transition, of people in the act of becoming, of human metamorphosis.

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Two Jews Walk into a Bar

Bar Crawl Shorts Program

Hundreds of people have flocked to JxJ’s short film pub crawl in recent years, and we didn’t want to let a little pandemic get in the way of the momentum. So, 2 Jews Walk Into A Bar lives on, just virtually.

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Vladimir Fridman

Concert

Guitar maestro Vladimir Fridman moves flawlessly between classical, jazz, traditional forms, pulling on repertoire from a dizzying array of cultures, with improvisational spirit, soul and true virtuosity.

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When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit

Dir. Caroline Link
119 min | GermanySwitzerland | Narrative

Caroline Link (Nowhere in Africa) adapts Judith Kerr’s bestselling children’s novel about a nine-year-old girl’s coming of age during Hitler’s rise to power.

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Wife Me

Dir. Gregory Fox
13 min | Canada | Short

Adam spends a cottage weekend with Robin, his non-Jewish girlfriend, and is forced to confront the divide between their romance and his family’s expectations.

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Winter Journey

Dirs. Anders ØstergaardErzsébet Rácz
90 min | DenmarkGermany | Documentary

Martin Goldsmith never knew what happened to his parents before they escaped from Germany in 1941. Over a weekend, as he confronts his father, we are brought back to the complex and confusing 1930s when the parents were young musicians.

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