• Israeli Cinema Seminar

    J-Films: Israeli Cinema Seminar

    JCC MetroWest | Goldstein Room 760 Northfield Ave, West Orange, NJ, United States

    September 7, 14, 21 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm   J-FILMS ISRAELI CINEMA SEMINAR at JCC MetroWest’s Goldstein Center For Israel & The Diaspora Join us for a short series of three 90-minute, film-clip-and-discussion-based classes on Israeli Cinema led by Stuart Weinstock, JCC MetroWest’s Director of Film. This class is an exclusive experience, limited […]

  • Israeli Cinema Seminar

    J-Films: Israeli Cinema Seminar

    JCC MetroWest | Goldstein Room 760 Northfield Ave, West Orange, NJ, United States

    September 7, 14, 21 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm   J-FILMS ISRAELI CINEMA SEMINAR at JCC MetroWest’s Goldstein Center For Israel & The Diaspora Join us for a short series of three 90-minute, film-clip-and-discussion-based classes on Israeli Cinema led by Stuart Weinstock, JCC MetroWest’s Director of Film. This class is an exclusive experience, limited […]

  • Israeli Cinema Seminar

    J-Films: Israeli Cinema Seminar

    JCC MetroWest | Goldstein Room 760 Northfield Ave, West Orange, NJ, United States

    September 7, 14, 21 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm   J-FILMS ISRAELI CINEMA SEMINAR at JCC MetroWest’s Goldstein Center For Israel & The Diaspora Join us for a short series of three 90-minute, film-clip-and-discussion-based classes on Israeli Cinema led by Stuart Weinstock, JCC MetroWest’s Director of Film. This class is an exclusive experience, limited […]

  • J-Films: Under G-d

    JCC MetroWest | Maurice Levin Theater 760 Northfield Ave, West Orange, NJ, United States

    J-Films, JOFA, JWF, NCJW present Under G-d   PURCHASE TICKETS   Under G-d is a documentary short directed by Paula Eiselt (93Queen) about the national Jewish response to the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade. This story is woven through the lived experiences of impacted women and the various lawsuits currently being launched by […]

  • J-Films: Cupcakes

    JCC MetroWest | Maurice Levin Theater 760 Northfield Ave, West Orange, NJ, United States

    In collaboration with The Center for Adult Enrichment, J-Films presents Cupcakes Doors open for dessert at 7 PM Film begins at 7:30 PM Free, Open to All Prior Registration is Preferred REGISTER HERE You will leave happy! Join us at the J for a ray of Israeli sunshine! A group of friends in Tel Aviv […]

  • J-Films: Fiddler on the Roof Sing-A-Long Screening

    JCC MetroWest | Maurice Levin Theater 760 Northfield Ave, West Orange, NJ, United States

    Let's gather together at the J for a cinematic dose of charm and tradition in Fiddler on the Roof?! We'll sing along with Tevye, a village milkman with a heart as big as his dreams, as he navigates the challenges of matchmaking and changing times with his family and neighbors. Whether it's your first time […]

  • J-Films: The Troupe with Writer-Director Avi Nesher

    JCC MetroWest | Maurice Levin Theater 760 Northfield Ave, West Orange, NJ, United States

    Celebrate Yom Haatzmaut at the J with a classic Israeli film and the chance to meet legendary filmmaker Avi Nesher!   Free admission with registration REGISTER HERE (Advance registration preferred) The Troupe, a musical comedy about an IDF entertainment troupe during the 1969 War of Attrition with Egypt, launched the careers of several iconic Israeli […]

  • Life Long Learning

    Life Long Learning: Humor as Resistance in Holocaust Cinema

    JCC MetroWest 760 Northfield Ave, West Orange, NJ, United States

    REGISTER HERE Humor as Resistance in Holocaust Cinema with Stuart Weinstock When does comedy serve a higher purpose than entertainment? Jewish responses to Nazism and the Holocaust have utilized humor to attack the perceived power of totalitarianism and assert the dignity and humanity of those who survive to tell jokes. Some of the films to […]

  • J-Films: Legend of Destruction

    JCC MetroWest | Maurice Levin Theater 760 Northfield Ave, West Orange, NJ, United States

    Exclusive US screening of the original Israeli version! Comments and a Q&A after the film with Dr. Seth Schwartz, the Lucius N. Littauer Professor of Classical Jewish Civilization at Columbia University PURCHASE TICKETS Jerusalem in 66CE is a powder keg about to explode. Factions of Zealots escalate social divisions into civil war while the Roman […]

  • J-Films Lecture: Steven Spielberg’s Munich: a Reappraisal of the 2005 Film for Where We Are Now

    JCC MetroWest | Maurice Levin Theater 760 Northfield Ave, West Orange, NJ, United States

    PURCHASE TICKETS Join your JCC community for a lecture and discussion with JCC MetroWest's Director of Film Programming, Stuart Weinstock, about a film that is "difficult" in the best possible sense. The release of Munich was announced with a 2005 Time Magazine cover article heralding it as "Spielberg's Secret Masterpiece," and the discourse around it […]

  • Commemorating October 7, 2023 – Part 1 – Documentary Screening

    JCC MetroWest | Maurice Levin Theater 760 Northfield Ave, West Orange, NJ, United States

    Torn, a new documentary by Israeli-born, New York-based filmmaker Nimrod Shapira delves into the controversy surrounding the "Kidnapped from Israel" poster campaign, a grassroots effort to raise awareness about the 240 hostages taken by Hamas. Torn explores the motivations of those who put up and tear down the posters in and around New York City, unraveling […]

  • Commemorating October 7, 2023 – Part 2 – Short Films Program

    JCC MetroWest | Maurice Levin Theater 760 Northfield Ave, West Orange, NJ, United States

    Tattooed for Life (30 mins, Hebrew with English subtitles) Liraz Uliel survived the massacre at the Nova festival on October 7, but lost her partner and many close friends. She created a special tattoo design to immortalize them and others lost at Nova. Israelis grappling with loss on October 7 come to Liraz's shop and […]

  • J-Films Presents: The Death of Stalin

    JCC MetroWest | Maurice Levin Theater 760 Northfield Ave, West Orange, NJ, United States

    With democracy on our minds, J-Films presents one of the best satires of the 21st Century, a mostly-true story of dictatorship run amok. In March of 1953, Joseph Stalin's brutal reign over the Soviet Union ends with his sudden death. His underlings hilariously scramble over each other for advancement in the power vacuum. With a […]

  • JFilms Presents: Lights, Latkes, and Laughter: Yaniv Screening and Card Play Club

    JCC MetroWest | Maurice Levin Theater 760 Northfield Ave, West Orange, NJ, United States

    When the theater club at a Bronx public high school is defunded, their dedicated teacher hatches a scheme to pay for it: with the help of a fellow teacher (who is secretly in recovery for a gambling addiction), he will hustle an underground casino run by Hasids, playing an Israeli card game called Yaniv. Enjoy […]

  • J-Films: Back to the Future

    JCC MetroWest | Maurice Levin Theater 760 Northfield Ave, West Orange, NJ, United States

    J-Films and The Center for Adult Enrichment Present Back to the Future Celebrate the holidays with your JCC community and enjoy a classic adventure on the big screen! Doc Brown's time machine transports 17-year-old Marty McFly from 1985 to 1955, where he meets his parents in their awkward teenage years and must ensure they still […]