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The Tobacconist

Dir. Nikolaus Leytner
108 min | Germany
Narrative

A tender tale of a young man’s friendship with Sigmund Freud (Bruno Ganz) during the Nazi occupation of Vienna. Encore performances of JxJ’s Closing Night Film.

September 20 – 26 More ▸

Day of Awesome: Family Concert and Celebration


Concert

FREE! Come to the renovated Edlavitch DCJCC for a morning of music, games, food, holiday crafts, a family service project, and more! Rock out to the music of award-winning Jewish performer Jason Mesches.

September 22 More ▸

The Unafraid

Dirs. Anayansi PradoHeather Courtney
85 min | USA
Documentary

The Unafraid follows the lives of three DACA students in Georgia as they navigate activism, fight for the rights of their families and communities, and pursue their dreams.

September 23 More ▸

Judy (Sneak Preview)

Dir. Rupert Goold
85 min | United Kingdom
Narrative

Legendary performer Judy Garland (Renée Zellweger) arrives in London in the winter of 1968 to perform a series of sold-out concerts.

September 25 More ▸

Tel Aviv On Fire

Dir. Sameh Zoabi
97 min | BelgiumFranceIsraelLuxembourg
Narrative

A comedy about a Palestinian soap opera writer who sees his career take off after a chance meeting with an Israeli soldier—until disagreements arise over the ending.

September 27 – October 6 More ▸

The Stolen Princess: Ruslan and Ludmila

Dir. Oleh Malamuzh
85 min | Ukraine
Narrative

A beautifully animated family film, The Stolen Princess tells the story of an artist who falls in love with the King’s daughter, only to have her abducted by the evil wizard Chornomor. In Ukranian with English Subtitles.

October 6 More ▸

Jewish Identity Through Film

Through the course of seven sessions—and seven seminal films curated by the professor Amitai Etzioni —we will explore a range of perspectives on the legacy of the Shoah, the Eastern European Jewish experience, the Zionist project, and more.

October 6 – November 7 More ▸

Sarah’s Key

Dir. Gilles Paquet-Brenner
111 min | France
Discussion Narrative

A journalist (Kristin Scott Thomas) investigates the family history of a French Jewish woman who was arrested by the Nazis during the Vel’ d’Hiv Roundup in 1942.

October 6 More ▸

Ida

Dir. Pawel Pawlikowski
80 min | Poland
Narrative

In 1962, Anna is about to take vows as a nun when she learns from her only relative that she is Jewish. Both women embark on a journey to discover their family story and where they belong.

October 13 More ▸

Sunshine

Dir. István Szabó
180 min | GermanyHungary
Narrative

The fortunes of a family of Hungarian Jews are followed over the course of nearly 150 years in this epic historical drama, with leading man Ralph Fiennes playing three different roles.

October 20 More ▸

Chasing Portraits

Dir. Elizabeth Rynecki
78 min | USA
Documentary

An American woman’s emotional quest to find the art of her Polish-Jewish great-grandfather, lost during World War II.

October 25 – October 31 More ▸

The Attack

Dir. Ziad Doueiri
105 min | Israel
Narrative

An Israeli-Palestinian surgeon (Ali Suliman) is shocked to discover that his wife was the terrorist responsible for a suicide bombing that killed 17 people.

October 27 More ▸

Fig Tree

Dir. Aäläm-Wärqe Davidian
93 min | EthiopiaFranceGermanyIsrael
Narrative

During the Ethiopian civil war, a Jewish teenager hatches a scheme to keep her Christian boyfriend from being drafted, as she and her family prepare to flee the country and go to Israel.

November 1 – November 14 More ▸

Klezmer Brunch with Seth Kibel


Concert

Our popular bi-month Klezmer brunch returns! Enjoy fantastic music paired with a delicious kosher buffet.

November 3 More ▸

In the Land of Pomegranates

Dir. Hava Kohav Beller
124 min | Israel
Documentary

From Oscar-nominated director Hava Kohav Beller comes a multi-layered documentary about people born into a violent, on-going war: young Palestinians and Israelis, who face one another in a German retreat called, ‘Vacation From War’

November 3 More ▸

Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem

Dirs. Ronit ElkabetzShlomi Elkabetz
115 min | FranceGermanyIsrael
Narrative

An Orthodox Israeli woman (Ronit Elkabetz) fights for three years to obtain a divorce from her devout husband (Simon Abkarian), who refuses to grant his permission to dissolve the marriage.

November 10 More ▸

Back to the Fatherland

Dirs. Kat RohrerGil Levanon
77 min | AustriaGermanyIsrael
Documentary

Gil is from Israel, Kat from Austria; Gil is the granddaughter of Holocaust survivors, Kat the granddaughter of a Nazi officer. They have been friends for over a decade.

November 10 – 11 More ▸

The Song of Names

Dir. François Girard
85 min | CanadaHungaryUnited Kingdom
Narrative

Tim Roth and Clive Owen star in François Girard’s (The Red Violin) latest historical drama, about a man searching for his childhood best friend — a Polish violin prodigy orphaned in the Holocaust — who vanished decades before on the night of his first public performance.

November 12 More ▸

40 Years of Filmmaking: An Aviva Kempner Retrospective

Celebrating 40 years of filmmaking from master documentarian Aviva Kempner.

November 15 – November 23 More ▸

Exodus (First Half)

Dir. Otto Preminger
120 min | USA
Narrative

The 1960 American epic film on the founding of the modern State of Israel, starring Paul Newman as a resistance fighter who helps rescue 600 Jews from detention camps.

November 17 More ▸

Seth Kibel & The Kleztet: Tribute to Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw


Concert

A musical tribute to two Jewish-American clarinetists, both giants of the Swing Era, whose influence is felt on music to this day.

December 11 More ▸

Klezmer Brunch with Seth Kibel


Concert

Our popular bi-month Klezmer brunch returns! Enjoy fantastic music paired with a delicious kosher buffet.

January 5 More ▸

Rhythm & Jews: Jews & The Birth of Rock and Roll


Concert

A celebration of the Jewish songwriters and producers behind the scenes of the first decade of rock ‘n roll

January 29 More ▸