Jewish and Israeli Film Festival: Among Neighbors

2025 ∙ Documentary ∙ 100 minutes ∙ English, Polish ∙ Yoav Potash

Combining magical realism and evocative hand-drawn animation with revelatory
interviews and verité footage, this stunning documentary examines the story of
a small, rural town where Jews and Polish Catholics lived side by side for
centuries before World War II. The film brings the Polish response to the
Holocaust to life through the last living eyewitnesses, revealing both love
and betrayal as it zeroes in on one of the last living Holocaust survivors
from the town, and an aging eyewitness who saw Jews murdered there — not by
Nazis, but by her own Polish neighbors.

**CONTENT WARNING:** antisemitism, graphic content, violence

** _Presenting Partner: Jewish Federation of Cincinnati – Jewish Community
Relations Council_**
** _Additional partnership support from The Nancy & David Wolf Holocaust &
Humanity Center._**

**_NEWLY ADDED_** SPECIAL FEATURE
Join us for an in-person post-film discussion with **Yoav Potash** ,
Director/Producer of _Among Neighbors_.

Yoav Potash is an award-winning writer, director, and producer. He produced
and directed the Sundance premiere documentary _Crime After Crime_ , a New
York Times Critics’ Pick and winner of 25 honors, including a Robert F.
Kennedy Journalism Award, the National Board of Review Freedom of Expression
Award, and six audience awards. The documentary had a national primetime
broadcast on the Oprah Winfrey Network, streamed on Netflix, and is now
available on Amazon Prime. The film helped spark movements to change domestic
violence law in multiple US states. Yoav also directed the San Francisco
IndieFest Jury Prize-winning documentary _Food Stamped_ , which was nationally
broadcast on Pivot, Participant Media’s cable/satellite network. Yoav is an
alumnus of UC Berkeley, where he received the university’s top prize in
creative writing.

**_The Mayerson JCC Jewish & Israeli Film Festival_** presents a diverse,
inspiring lineup of award-winning films and engaging, educational programming
that connects to Jewish and Israeli stories. **To see the whole 2026
lineup,**(https://mayersonjccfilmfestival2026.eventive.org/schedule)**.**

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