• Jewish and Israeli Film Festival Sponsor Registration 2026

    The (https://mayersonjcc.org/programs/jewish-israeli-film-festival/) is a community-wide event that is open to the public for all to enjoy showing films by Jewish and Israeli filmmakers at various locations across Cincinnati and Virtually. **Opening night will be Saturday, January 31, 2026. More information to follow.** Your generous sponsorship will help create community through incredible films and memorable programming […]

  • Israeli Dancing 2026

    Mayerson JCC 8485 Ridge Ave, Cincinnati Ridge Avenue 8485, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
    All Ages

    **Tuesdays, January 6 - December 29 | 7 - 9pm** Join us for Israeli Dancing at the JCC! Lively music, fun dancing, and new friends await at this weekly, free class. This is an informal class where all skill levels are welcome. View event on Jlive: https://jlive.app/events/13951

  • Rising Song Nigun Gathering with Rabbi Deborah Sacks Mintz – Optional Dinner

    Café Alma 6111 Montgomery Rd, Cincinnati
    Adults

    Through the meditative power of the nigun - prayerful, evocative melody - we'll raise our voices and lift our spirits together. Experience the depth, power, and joy of communal song as Rabbi Deborah Sacks Mintz guides us through this participatory Jewish music experience - equal parts song-session, artistic exploration, and communal spiritual practice. View event […]

  • Rising Song Nigun Gathering with Rabbi Deborah Sacks Mintz – Song Circle

    Café Alma 6111 Montgomery Rd, Cincinnati
    Adults

    Through the meditative power of the nigun - prayerful, evocative melody - we'll raise our voices and lift our spirits together. Experience the depth, power, and joy of communal song as Rabbi Deborah Sacks Mintz guides us through this participatory Jewish music experience - equal parts song-session, artistic exploration, and communal spiritual practice. View event […]

  • Jewish and Israeli Film Festival Opening Night: Ethan Bloom

    Memorial Hall 1225 Elm St, Cincinnati
    Adults

    2025 ∙ Dramatic Comedy, Coming-of-Age ∙ 90 minutes ∙ English ∙ Herschel Faber After losing his mother, thirteen-year-old Ethan finds solace in the Catholic church—a refuge that feels like home, even though he was born into a Jewish family. When his father insists on a bar mitzvah and Ethan’s secret unravels at his girlfriend’s confirmation […]

  • Young Adult Film Festival Happy Hour

    Memorial Hall 1225 Elm St, Cincinnati
    Alc. Drinks For Purchase

    Join us for the opening night of the Jewish & Israeli Film Festival! Enjoy a young adult exclusive happy hour to schmooze with friends and community before the feature film, _Ethan Bloom._ Your $18 ticket provides entry to the happy hour and pre-film dessert reception, one drink ticket, and the film screening. **All tickets must […]

  • Jewish and Israeli Film Festival: Sensory Screening: Ethan Bloom

    Mayerson JCC 8485 Ridge Ave, Cincinnati Ridge Avenue 8485, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
    Adults

    This alternate screening aims to provide a sensory-friendly environment to allow community members of all abilities to enjoy our Opening Night film. Tickets for this screening are sold separately. 2025 ∙ Dramatic Comedy, Coming-of-Age ∙ 90 minutes ∙ English ∙ Herschel Faber **What is a Sensory Screening? ** A Sensory Screening is a movie-going experience […]

  • Jewish and Israeli Film Festival: Always Together

    Sycamore High School 7400 Cornell Rd, Montgomery
    Adults

    **This film will also be available for a virtual 48-hr film viewing window.** **Virtual viewing tickets sold separately **(https://watch.eventive.org/mayersonjccfilmfestival2026/play/6958306d0b6be54ad380ae86) **Virtual Viewing Region: Ohio, Indiana ** 2025 ∙ Documentary ∙ 77 minutes ∙ Hebrew ∙ Paz Schwartz Evacuated from their Gaza border homes after October 7, a displaced twelfth grade refuses to scatter. They convince the […]

  • Jewish and Israeli Film Festival: Frontier

    Mayerson JCC 8485 Ridge Ave, Cincinnati Ridge Avenue 8485, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
    Adults

    **This film will also be available for a virtual 48-hr film viewing window.** **Virtual viewing tickets sold separately **(https://watch.eventive.org/mayersonjccfilmfestival2026/play/695832d7d2828f535117b952) **Virtual Viewing Region: Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Florida ** 2025 ∙ Drama ∙ 99 minutes ∙ Catalan, Spanish, French, & German ∙ Judith Kolell Inspired by true events, this gripping wartime drama unfolds in 1943, when a […]

  • Jewish and Israeli Film Festival: A Letter to David

    Mayerson JCC 8485 Ridge Ave, Cincinnati Ridge Avenue 8485, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
    Adults

    2025 ∙ Documentary ∙ 74 minutes∙ Hebrew ∙ Tom Shoval 75 Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin: Berlinale Special This moving retrospection is a personal cinematic letter from filmmaker Tom Shoval to David Cunio, who was taken by Hamas from the Nir Oz kibbutz on October 7, 2023, and had been held hostage in Gaza for 738 days. […]