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Talkback following the film Director: Erez Tadmor 2022, Israel, 96 minutes Hebrew with English subtitles Feature Ticket Price: $10 PURCHASE TICKETS A box office hit in Israel and at the 2024 NJJFF, Matchmaking tells the comic story of Moti Bernstein, the ideal yeshiva bucher and the perfect match for any Haredi Orthodox bride-to-be. While Moti […]

Advance tickets are sold out, but we have a waitlist! Arrive 30 minutes early and add your name. We will sell tickets for all available seats 10 minutes before showtime. Post-screening Q&A with director/co-writer Daniel Robbins, co-writer Zack Weiner (in-person), and stars Meghan Leathers and Theo Taplitz (on Zoom)   Director: Daniel Robbins 2024, USA, […]

Talkback following the film   Director: Adar Shafran 2023, Israel, 104 minutes Hebrew, English, & Tigrinya with English subtitles Feature Ticket Price: $15 PURCHASE TICKETS Aumari, a young Eritrean refugee living in Israel, is about to be deported. At the airport, he is mistaken for Maccabi Netanya’s new star player from Nigeria. Despite having no […]

Post-screening Q&A with director/co-writer Dani Rosenberg on Zoom   Director: Dani Rosenberg 2024, Israel, 82 minutes Hebrew with English subtitles Feature Ticket Price: $15 PURCHASE TICKETS Filmed on-location in Kibbutz Nir Oz shortly after October 7, 2023, this sensitive drama follows a teenage girl as she returns to her devastated community to search for her […]

Post-screening Q&A with director/writer Jeremy Borison on Zoom   Director: Jeremy Borison 2024, USA, 91 minutes English with English subtitles Feature NJ Premiere! Ticket Price: $15 PURCHASE TICKETS Noam, a closeted Orthodox teenager, discovers a love letter written to his grandfather by another man before WWII. He sets out to find the letter’s writer under […]

Post-screening Q&A with Janet Cohen Mandel, arts educator and frequent speaker at JCC MetroWest   Director: Jamie Kastner 2024, Canada, 104 minutes English, German with English subtitles Documentary Ticket Price: $15 PURCHASE TICKETS A series of failed attempts by the city of Düsseldorf to honor German-Jewish art dealer, Max Stern, who barely escaped the war, […]

A pre-recorded Q&A with director/writer Tom Nesher will follow the film   Director: Tom Nesher 2024, Israel, 107 minutes Hebrew with English subtitles Feature Ticket Price: $15 PURCHASE TICKETS When her beloved younger brother, Nati, is suddenly killed in a car accident, Eden discovers he had a secret girlfriend, Maya. Grieving his loss and reeling […]

Post-screening Q&A with director Bess Kargman on Zoom   Director: Bess Kargman 2025, USA, 91 minutes English with English subtitles Documentary Ticket Price: $15 PURCHASE TICKETS Diane Warren is one of the most prolific songwriters of all time, with a four-decade track record of writing mega-hits for superstar performers (“If I Could Turn Back Time,” […]

Join us for a globetrotting program of diverse and engaging short films! All are presented with English subtitles. Total running time: 110 minutes   Ticket Price: $15 PURCHASE TICKETS Goodman — USA, Ben Rosenbach, 14 minutes, English Two strangers meet in Central Park and strike up a conversation. The Cave Synagogue — USA, Peter Decherney, […]

Talkback following the film   Director: Erez Tadmor 2024, Israel, 100 minutes Hebrew with English subtitles Feature NJ Premiere! Ticket Price: $18 PURCHASE TICKETS Picking up where sold-out 2024 NJJFF hit Matchmaking left off, Moti and Nechama navigate their next steps, while his friend, Baruch (Maor Schweitzer, also seen at the 2024 NJJFF in Arugam […]

Post-screening Q&A with lead actress Joy Rieger on Zoom   Director: Adir Miller, Doron Paz, Yoav Paz 2024, Israel, 110 minutes Hebrew, English, and Hungarian with English subtitles Feature NJ Premiere! Ticket Price: $15 PURCHASE TICKETS Arnon (Adir Miller, The Monkey House and The Matchmaker) is a religious man who shares a strong bond with […]

Post-screening Q&A with filmmakers Mike Yellin and Julie Cohen   Ticket Price: $15 PURCHASE TICKETS Jerry’s Last Mission Director: Louisa Merino 2021, USA, 58 minutes English and Japanese with English subtitles Documentary Newark-born fighter pilot Jerry Yellin flew combat missions on Iwo Jima and over Japan, including the last combat mission of World War II. […]