**All ticketing for in-person and virtual events will take place on our Eventive site **[ **HERE.**](https://mayersonjccfilmfestival2024.eventive.org/welcome) 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. The 2024 Festival has a hybrid lineup with each film offered either […]
A companion special feature to the screening of Barren, viewers are invited to watch this virtual discussion with Rabbi Mordechai Vardi, Film Director. ** _Presenting Partner: Jewish Fertility Foundation - Cincinnati_** ** _The Mayerson JCC Jewish & Israeli Film Festival_** presents a diverse, inspiring lineup of award-winning films and engaging, educational programming that connects to […]
Set in Poland during the German occupation, 19-year-old Irena Gut is promoted to housekeeper in the home of a highly-respected Nazi officer when she finds out that the Jewish ghetto is about to be liquidated. Irena uses her wit, humor, and courage to hide 12 Jews, concealing them in the midst of countless obstacles. Through […]
**_The Boy | Short Film_** Avinoam and Barak, father and son from Kibbutz near Gaza strip, are each facing another round of combat in their own way. While Avinoam insists on continuing his routine and his work in the field, Barak finds it difficult to close his eyes and continue as usual. One night, Barak […]
**VIRTUAL DISCUSSION** Shaylee Atary, Editor of _The Boy_ Louisa Merino, Director, Writer, and Producer of _Jerry’s Last Mission_ ** _Presenting Partner: Jewish Federation of Cincinnati - Jewish Community Relations Council_** ** _The Mayerson JCC Jewish & Israeli Film Festival_** presents a diverse, inspiring lineup of award-winning films and engaging, educational programming that connects to Jewish […]
**_Kinderland | Documentary Short_** This short film tells the story of two secular Jewish summer camps in upstate New York that have cultivated social activists for almost a century and are still in existence today. Both camps were founded by secular working-class Jews on either side of the leftist political divide. What makes KINDERLAND both […]
**_Paddling for Life | Documentary Short_** This documentary is the story of the _Pink Lionesses, Israel_ , a unique women's sports group, consisting of breast cancer survivors, that paddle on Dragon Boats, on the Sea of Galilee in Northern Israel. Their common goal is to recover, recuperate and combat their cancer. They have chosen optimism, […]
**VIRTUAL DISCUSSION** Moran Nakar, Film Director Avigail Sperber, Film Producer ** _Presenting Partner: Cincinnati Hillel_** ** _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 2024 lineup**[ **click here.**](https://mayersonjccfilmfestival2024.eventive.org/schedule?viewMode=compact) View event on Jlive: […]
This documentary, told in part through Gene Wilder’s own voice, offers generous helpings of film clips from across Wilder’s career. A heartfelt tribute to the beloved star, this multi-talented performer is dramatically brought to life through never-before-seen home movies and photographs, as well as the intimate insights of friends and colleagues, including Mel Brooks, Alan […]
**_Anne | Short Film_** Two actresses have made it to the final callbacks for the role of a lifetime: to play Anne Frank in an upcoming staged production. But as the topic of color-blind casting makes its way into the audition room, the controversial question emerges: who is best suited to portray Anne Frank? _ANNE […]
**VIRTUAL DISCUSSION** Sharon Ada Yaish, GIADO Director and Producer Golan Rise, GIADO Director and Producer Livia Tagliacozzo, PhD student at the department of Jewish History and Contemporary Jewry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem ** _Presenting Partner: Holocaust Education Fund, History Department, Miami University _** ** _Additional partnership support from The Nancy & David Wolf […]
He was difficult, flamboyant, and brilliant. Photographer and scientist Roman Vishniac captured iconic images of Jewish life – from the cafes of pre-war Berlin to the shtetls of Eastern Europe – all before fleeing Nazi Germany to reinvent himself in America. Told through the eyes of his daughter Mara, this documentary reconstructs his dramatic life, […]
At 20, Viv was a promising young singer. At 30, her failing music career has forced her back into her mother's basement. But when this self-proclaimed "Bad Jew” lands into a job as a Cantor at her family's synagogue, she’s thrown into a wild ride of illicit affairs, tense family drama, and self discovery. **Content […]
Annette Zelman, an art student living in Paris in the early 1940s, and her Catholic classmate, Jean, fall in love and dream of the life they could build together. What follows is a tale of love and resistance that plumbs the depths of human passion, prejudice, and betrayal. **SPECIAL FEATURE** Ticket includes a closing night […]