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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The 1970s were an artistically-rich period for American filmmaking, which often responded to recent history and the socio-political environment of the 1970s. Some of these films are best-considered products of their time, while others offer prescient glimpses into the challenges of the 21st Century. This lecture will discuss both, with relevant film clips. Some of […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Ephraim Kishon: Father of Israeli Comedy with Stuart Weinstock From his roots in Hungary, where he survived the Holocaust and Communist repression, to the peak of the Israeli arts establishment, Ephraim Kishon is a singular talent in Jewish culture. This lecture will cover Kishon's biography and include clips of the five popular and influential […]
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 […]
Join Stuart Weinstock, JCC MetroWest’s Director of Film Programming, for an eye-opening journey into the world of Israeli film. In this 3-part seminar, you’ll dive into film clips and guided discussion—no prior experience with Israeli cinema required. Whether you're brand new to Israeli content, a Shtisel or Fauda fan, or a longtime NJJFF attendee looking […]
Join Stuart Weinstock, JCC MetroWest’s Director of Film Programming, for an eye-opening journey into the world of Israeli film. In this 3-part seminar, you’ll dive into film clips and guided discussion—no prior experience with Israeli cinema required. Whether you're brand new to Israeli content, a Shtisel or Fauda fan, or a longtime NJJFF attendee looking […]
Join Stuart Weinstock, JCC MetroWest’s Director of Film Programming, for an eye-opening journey into the world of Israeli film. In this 3-part seminar, you’ll dive into film clips and guided discussion—no prior experience with Israeli cinema required. Whether you're brand new to Israeli content, a Shtisel or Fauda fan, or a longtime NJJFF attendee looking […]
Join us for a viewing of a special film and Q&A Cookies for Life (Rachel From Ofakim) When five terrorists invaded her home on October 7, Rachel Edri talked with them, fed them cookies, and ingeniously saved her life and her husband’s life, becoming an Israeli folk hero in the process. Zohar Wagner’s fascinating documentary […]
We regret to share that this screening has been cancelled. We appreciate your interest and hope you'll join us for future screenings & events. If you have any questions, please contact Stuart Weinstock, [email protected]. See Upcoming Screenings
J-Films and The Center for Adult Enrichment Present Kazablan Celebrate the holidays with a classic Israeli musical comedy! Israeli acting and musical legend Yehoram Gaon stars as a Moroccan-born gang leader who falls in love with an Ashkenazi woman and saves his Jaffa neighborhood from demolition. With lots of laughs and original songs beloved by […]
Due to weather-related cancellation, this event has moved to February 1 @ 5pm. J-Films and Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest NJ Present: In his first film as director, Israeli actor and writer Adir Miller dramatizes his family's story of surviving the Holocaust. When elderly Violetta falls ill, her son and granddaughter travel to Budapest […]
Post-screening Q&A with the filmmakers! Opening Night Director: Rachel Israel 2025, USA, 101 minutes English with English subtitles Feature Ticket Price: $18 BUY TICKETS Just fired from her rock band, Nomi (Jackie Tohn, Nobody Wants This) takes a last-resort job from her best friend Mara (Sarah Podemski, Reservation Dogs), who is now the director of their Jewish sleepaway camp. As Mara contends with all manner of […]
Director: Ken Scott 2025, France and Canada, 102 minutes French with English subtitles Feature Ticket Price: $15 Buy Tickets In 1963, Esther gives birth to Roland, the youngest of a large family of Mizrahi Jews in France. He is born with a clubfoot that prevents him from standing and walking, but Esther is determined that her son learns to walk and leads an extraordinary life. With a […]
Post-screening Q&A with director Ilana Trachtman on Zoom Director: Ilana Trachtman 2024, USA, 89 minutes English with English subtitles Documentary Ticket Price: $15 Buy Tickets Ain’t No Back to a Merry-Go-Round tells the little-known story of the first organized interracial Civil Rights protest in U.S. history. Five Howard University students sat on a segregated Maryland carousel in 1960 and their arrests made headlines. When the progressive Jewish community near Glen Echo Amusement Park joined […]
Post-screening Q&A with Jerry Lewis’ former archivist Bob Furmanek, Founder & CEO of 3-D Film Archive Spotlight Film Directors: Eric Friedler & Michael Lurie 2024, USA & Germany, 108 minutes English and French with English subtitles Documentary Ticket Price: $18 Buy Tickets In 1972, movie legend and comedy auteur Jerry Lewis gambled his career and his own […]
Post-screening Q&A with director Elena Neuman on Zoom Director: Elena Neuman 2025, USA, 71 minutes English with English subtitles Documentary Ticket Price: $15 Buy Tickets Looking Up tells the inspiring story of Eitan Armon, a young man battling progressive blindness from Retinitis Pigmentosa, a rare genetic condition. Diagnosed while serving in the IDF, Eitan refuses to let his 95% vision loss […]
Post-screening Q&A with writer-director Matthew Shear on Zoom Director: Matthew Shear 2025, USA, 91 minutes English with English subtitles Feature Ticket Price: $15 Buy Tickets After losing his paralegal job and suffering a panic attack, 30-something Sam (writer-director Matthew Shear) stumbles into an unexpected role: babysitting his psychiatrist’s three lively granddaughters. What begins as a one-time favor turns into […]
Total running time: 83 minutes Ticket Price: $15 Buy Tickets The Wall - Israel, Dovi Rozenberg, 13 minutes, Hebrew with English subtitles A serio-comic analysis of the 6-foot wall climb that is a universal aspect of IDF training. The Whistle - USA, Greg Franklin, 7 minutes, No dialogue Based on a true story, a Jewish doctor in 1938 Germany […]
Post-screening Q&A with writer-director Jonah Feingold Spotlight Film Director: Jonah Feingold 2025, USA, 90 minutes English with English subtitles Feature Ticket Price: $18 Buy Tickets Leo (writer-director Jonah Feingold) decides to have his Bar Mitzvah at the age of 31, recruiting his childhood crush, Eva (Sarah Coffey, in a breakout performance) as his tutor. His ambitious Mitzvah Project is a journey of self-knowledge […]
Post-screening Q&A with director/co-writer Dana Modan on Zoom Director: Dana Modan 2024, Israel, 110 minutes Hebrew, Polish, and English with English subtitles Feature Ticket Price: $15 Buy Tickets Regina and her granddaughter Mika travel from Israel to Poland to reclaim their family property seized during World War II, and their quest quickly unravels. As Mika finds […]
Post-screening Q&A with writer-director Shai Carmeli-Pollak on Zoom Director: Shai Carmeli-Pollak 2025, Israel, 93 minutes Arabic & Hebrew with English subtitles Feature Ticket Price: $15 Buy Tickets Khaled (Mohamed Ghazawi, in his first role), a 12-year-old Palestinian boy, has to miss his school trip to the beach – the first time he would have seen the Mediterranean. Disappointed and […]
Director: Nils Tavernier 2025, France, 91 minutes French with English subtitles Feature Ticket Price: $15 Buy Tickets July 1942 roundups of Parisian Jews lead 13-year-old Tauba and her parents to hide in a tiny room, only six square meters wide. What was meant to be a temporary refuge stretches into 765 days of confinement, during which the family […]
Post-screening Q&A with actor-filmmaker Roy Assaf on Zoom Spotlight Film Director: Roy Assaf 2024, Israel, 90 minutes Hebrew with English subtitles Feature Ticket Price: $18 Buy Tickets Acclaimed Israeli actor Roy Assaf (Matchmaking, The Kind Words) co-writes and stars in his feature directing debut about a high school drama teacher who stages vivid cabaret shows in […]
Post-screening Q&A with filmmakers Irmy Shik Blum & Elad Orenstein on Zoom Directors: Irmy Shik Blum & Elad Orenstein 2024, Israel, 70 minutes Hebrew & English with English subtitles Documentary Ticket Price: $15 Buy Tickets Irmy, a comedian on the cusp of fatherhood, asks his father for financial help and finds out his only inheritance is his grandmother’s deed to a small piece […]
Post-screening Q&A with director Herschel Faber, screenwriter Maylen Dominguez, and lead actor Joshua Malina on Zoom Director: Herschel Faber 2025, USA, 95 minutes English with English subtitles Feature Ticket Price: $15 Buy Tickets 13-year-old Ethan (Hank Greenspan, The Neighborhood) lives a double life: one moment, he might be helping his priest, Father Diaz, clean up after mass as an altar boy, and the […]
Just added: Post-screening Q&A with writer-director Sherise Dorf on Zoom! Director: Sherise Dorf 2024, USA, 90 minutes English with English subtitles Feature Ticket Price: $15 Buy Tickets When empty-nester Rachel (Lisa Edelstein, House) hastily and overenthusiastically responds to a wedding invitation from her younger former colleague, Charlie (James Wolk, Mad Men), an escalating series of misunderstandings ensues between the Gen-X and […]
Post-screening Q&A with director Nick Davis Closing Film Director: Nick Davis 2025, United States, 98 minutes English (subtitles are not available) Documentary Ticket Price: $18 Buy Tickets The 1972-73 Toronto production of the hippie musical Godspell landed in the right place at the right time, with exactly the right people: Martin Short, Gilda Radner, Eugene Levy, Victor […]
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