Germany 2025, German (subtitles), Narrative, 92 minutes
July 6 - 3:30 PM
In 1978, West Germany's Hans Rosenthal was the nation's most beloved TV host, adored by millions. But he carries a secret that could shatter everything. When a celebration of the anniversary of his blockbuster game show is scheduled for November 9th, the 40th anniversary of Kristallnacht, he is expected to entertain millions rather than attend Germany's first official memorial for the victims. This biographical drama depicts Hans’ reckoning with his buried past and the nation that has embraced him without ever truly knowing him. Part gripping morality play, part moving portrait of survival and memory, this is the story of one man's struggle to find the strength to address his past.
USA 2026, English, Documentary, 57 minutes
July 6 - 7:30 PM
Tovah is a biography of Tovah Feldshuh, a force of nature whose fearless talent, intellectual rigor, and commanding presence have graced American theater and television for more than five decades. Tovah brings together an extraordinary constellation of admirers to celebrate a woman whose range extends from playing Golda Meir on stage to having a recurring role on the Netflix hit Nobody Wants This. Through exclusive interviews, rare archival footage, and intimate behind-the-scenes access, this is not just a portrait of an actress; it's a celebration of what it means to dedicate your life to your craft.
Israel 2025, English, Documentary, 94 minutes
July 13 - 3:30 PM
When Hamas terrorists storm his son's kibbutz on October 7, 2023, retired Israeli general Noam Tibon receives a desperate WhatsApp message: his son, daughter-in-law, and two young granddaughters are trapped in a panic room, listening to gunfire closing in. With no military rescue coming, Noam and his wife, Gali, arm themselves and drive ten harrowing hours across a country under siege, fighting through ambushes and chaos to reach their family. Told through raw footage and firsthand testimony, this is a pulse-pounding testament to the ferocity of a parent's love.
Iran 2024, Farsi (subtitles), Narrative, 105 minutes
July 13 - 7:30 PM
When Iranian judo athlete Leila arrives at the Judo World Championships with the prospect of winning her country's first-ever gold medal, her government delivers a chilling ultimatum - withdraw from the event or be branded a traitor. Tatami is a tense thriller that unfolds over a single day, putting Leila and her coach in an impossible fight for freedom and dignity where
every victory on the mat brings a new and more terrifying threat off of it. Inspired by true events,
this movie has become even more timely given recent events involving the Iranian soccer team at the Asian Cup in Australia. This is the first film co-directed by an Israeli and an Iranian filmmaker.
USA 2025, English, Narrative, 17 minutes
July 20 - 3:30 PM
After the death of her husband of 50 years, a Jewish widow and a Chinese restaurateur who serves her family every Christmas find themselves drawn into an unexpected late-in-life romance. Double Happiness is a charming short film about two people from very different worlds discovering that it's never too late to open your heart again and that love, like a good meal, is always better when shared.
USA 2025, English, Documentary, 80 minutes
July 20 - 3:30 PM
Long overlooked yet hugely influential, a towering Jewish American humanitarian finally
receives her due in this inspiring biography of Henrietta Szold, the visionary Zionist and women’s rights leader who helped shape modern Jewish life. As founder of Hadassah, builder of a modern healthcare and social service system in pre-state Israel, and advocate for education and Jewish/Arab cooperation, Szold galvanized a global network of Jewish women. She also led Youth Aliyah to rescue thousands of Jewish children from Nazi-occupied Europe. Labors of Love is a portrait of one of the most remarkable women in modern history, brought to life by Peabody Award-winning director Abby Ginzberg. Through archival footage, intimate letters, and firsthand reflections, this movie honors a trailblazer whose moral clarity, courage, and humanity continue to echo today.
Poland 2025, English, Documentary, 87 minutes
July 20 - 7:30 PM
My Underground Mother is a deeply personal reckoning with the secrets mothers keep, the silence that passes between generations, and one woman's determination to finally tell the truth. Twenty years after her mother's death, journalist Marisa Fox discovers that the woman she thought she knew had been living under a false identity. The fiery freedom fighter of British Mandate Palestine had concealed her past as a teenage prisoner in a Jewish women's forced labor camp in Nazi-occupied Sudetenland. At the heart of the film is a secret journal written by the camp's teenage prisoners, unlocking a harrowing and largely untold chapter of Holocaust history. As Fox tracks down surviving women across the globe, they break decades of silence, illuminating a daring sisterhood that sustained them
Poland 2025, English, Documentary, 100 minutes
July 27 - 3:30 PM
Among Neighbors tells the haunting story of a Polish town where centuries of coexistence between Jews and Catholics collapsed in the shadow of World War II. The discord culminated in a shocking massacre, not under Nazi occupation, but months after Germany’s defeat. This powerful documentary plays like a real-life murder mystery, excavating buried truths of violence, complicity, and silence. The film follows two remarkable individuals breaking decades of silence: Yaacov Goldstein, one of the last living Jewish survivors from the town, and Pelagia Radecka, an 85-year-old woman who witnessed the killings as a teenager and who risks imprisonment by the Polish government to finally tell the truth. As efforts to rewrite history gain momentum, Among Neighbors offers a bold counterpoint, demanding an unflinching confrontation with the past, no matter how painful the truths it reveals.
USA 2026, English, Documentary, 89 minutes
July 27 - 7:30 PM
Did you know that Woody Guthrie once wrote a song in celebration of Hanukkah? Dust Bowls and Jewish Souls uncovers the surprising bond between the legendary folk singer and his mother-in-law, renowned Yiddish poet Aliza Greenblatt. This movie reveals how Jewish history and culture quietly wove itself into the Guthrie songbook. Come for the engaging stories and stay for the unique opportunity to hear Arlo Guthrie call his grandmother “Bubbe.” Don't miss this intimate and eye-opening tale of two disparate worlds finding common ground in the arts.
USA 2025, English, Documentary, 103 minutes
Aug 3 - 3:30 PM
When a former Seinfeld writer uncovers a decades-old secret that a rogue Nazi officer stole priceless stamp collections from Holocaust victims and buried them in a Polish basement, he launches a daring mission to recover them. Armed with nothing but a fake movie shoot as cover, Gary Gilbert seeks to uncover the truth and return the stamps to their rightful heirs. This movie is part detective thriller, part heist film, and entirely true.
Spain 2025, Spanish (subtitles), Narrative, 100 minutes
Aug 3 - 7:30 PM
Set against the rugged peaks of the Spanish Pyrenees in 1943, Frontier is a gripping WWII drama based on true events that follows Manel Grau, a principled Spanish customs officer who faces a life-altering choice when Franco's regime seals the border to Jews fleeing Nazi-occupied France. Defying orders and risking everything, Grau embarks on a perilous mission that threatens not only his own life but also the safety of his family and their community. This film is a moving reminder that, in history's darkest moments, it is often ordinary people who choose courage over silence.
USA 2025, English, Documentary, 100 minutes
Aug 10 - 3:30 PM
In 1927, Aaron Sapiro, a Jewish orphan who rose to become one of America's most celebrated lawyers, walked into a Detroit courtroom and had the audacity to sue Henry Ford, the wealthiest and most powerful antisemite in America, for libel. The trial, which some consider America's first modern hate speech case, involved mysterious car accidents, bribery accusations, and a nation riveted by the spectacle of one Jewish man forcing a titan of industry to account for his hatred. As antisemitism surges across the world today, Sapiro v. Ford is a forgotten chapter of American history that seems made for this moment - a reminder that bigotry can be confronted, and that one courageous voice can change the course of history.
Israel/Hungary 2025, English/Hebrew (subtitles), Narrative, 120 minutes
Aug 10 - 7:30 PM
Arnon Noble is a religious man with a strong bond to his mother, a Holocaust survivor. He often drives her to school lectures, where she tells students how she saved her baby boy's and her own lives with the help of a thin gold ring. When the mother's health deteriorates, Arnon sets off from Israel to Budapest to find that legendary ring and, in a last-ditch attempt at reconciliation, invites his estranged daughter to join him on the search. Will the search for the ring be successful? Will the ring save the mother's life again and also help Arnon reconnect with his daughter? Part Holocaust drama, part road-trip caper, The Ring is a heart-warming depiction of the complicated relationships among three generations of a family and the past that reconnects them. The star of The Ring, Adir Miller, wrote the movie based on his family history.
UK 2025, English, Narrative, 13 minutes
July 6 - 3:30 PM
When widow Ida inherits her late husband's beloved donkey Pablo, she inherits his chaos too. From pre-dawn braying to eaten shrubbery, Pablo has made himself the most infamous resident in the neighborhood. This warm Yorkshire-set comedy-drama is a beautifully balanced portrait of loss and grief that manages to make you laugh and pull at your heartstrings at the same time.
USA 2023, English, Documentary, 9 minutes
July 6 - 7:30 PM
Nearly fifty of Broadway's most prominent Jewish voices converge at the storied Lyceum Theatre to reflect on what it means to tell Jewish stories on stage. The Stage is Ours is a joyful commemoration of the Jewish experience, in all its humor, heartbreak, and resilience, which has influenced American theatre culture for over a century.
UK 2025, English, Narrative, 19 minutes
July 20 - 7:30 PM
The story of a grumpy care home resident and a reluctant bar mitzvah boy who develop an unlikely friendship. Beshert, the Yiddish word for "destiny," is a heartwarming short film about two people at opposite ends of life who discover that some connections are simply meant to be.