15 January 2025


Jewish and Israeli Film Festival: Here Lived

Cincinnati Union Terminal 1301 Western Ave, Cincinnati

**This film will also be available for a virtual 48-hr film viewing window.** **Virtual viewing tickets sold separately**(https://watch.eventive.org/mayersonjccfilmfestival2025/play/67730847e9b070e37783ab30) **Virtual Viewing Region: Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Florida ** 2024 ∙ Documentary ∙ 79 minutes ∙ English ∙ Jane Wells This documentary tells the story of hidden children, murdered parents, and the stones that bring healing. Gunter Demnig’s […]

Jewish and Israeli Film Festival: Running on Sand

Sycamore High School 7400 Cornell Rd, Montgomery

2023 ∙ Narrative ∙ 104 minutes ∙ Hebrew, English, Tigrigna ∙ Adar Shafran Nominee – Four Categories, 2023 Israeli Academy Awards A young Eritrean refugee living in Israel is about to be deported back to his home country. After a spontaneous escape, he manages to benefit from a case of mistaken identity for a Nigerian […]

Jewish and Israeli Film Festival: 06:30

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

2024 ∙ Documentary ∙ 65 minutes ∙ Hebrew ∙ Alon Daniel _Film still image courtesy of Tom Reichard & Dor Revivo_ An exceptional documentary capturing the harrowing events of the October 7th Hamas attack on Israel with profound sensitivity. It features firsthand accounts from survivors at seven different attack sites, each story vividly brought to […]

Theatre Games and Activities

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

_Ages 8 - 14_ Spark your imagination through theatre games, improv exercises and more! Come explore character, voice, and body movement. Develop self-confidence, self- expression, and creativity! View event on Jlive: https://jlive.app/events/9638

Jewish and Israeli Film Festival: All About the Levkoviches

Mariemont Theatre 6906 Wooster Pike, Cincinnati

**This film will also be available for a virtual 48-hr film viewing window.** **Virtual viewing tickets sold separately**(https://watch.eventive.org/mayersonjccfilmfestival2025/play/677312c8a45a92ce66c7742f) **Virtual Viewing Region: Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Florida** 2024 ∙ Dramatic Comedy ∙ 85 minutes ∙ Hungarian, Hebrew ∙ Ádám Breier After his wife’s death, a generous but stubborn boxing coach agrees to allow his estranged Orthodox son […]

Jewish and Israeli Film Festival: Unspoken

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

2024 ∙ Drama ∙ 91 minutes ∙ English ∙ Jeremy Borison Noam, a closeted teenager in a religious community, discovers that he might not be alone. When he finds a love letter written to his grandfather by another man before the Holocaust, he sets out to find this mysterious person and uncover his grandfather’s identity, […]

Jewish and Israeli Film Festival: Avenue of Giants

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

2023 ∙ Drama ∙ 102 minutes ∙ English ∙ Finn Taylor Sometimes the end of the world is where the story begins. Based on the true story of Herbert Heller, who kept his miraculous escape from the Auschwitz Birkenau death march a secret for 60 years, even from his family. That is, until he meets […]

Jewish and Israeli Film Festival: Sabbath Queen

Schiff Center 5400 Red Bank Rd, Cincinnati

2024 ∙ Documentary ∙ 105 minutes ∙ English, Hebrew, Yiddish ∙ Sandi Dubowski Official Selection, 2024 Tribeca Festival Filmed over 21 years, this documentary follows Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie’s epic journey as the dynastic heir of thirty-eight generations of Orthodox rabbis. He is torn between rejecting and embracing his destiny and becomes a drag- queen rebel, […]

Jewish and Israeli Film Festival Closing Night: Ain’t No Back To A Merry-Go-Round

National Underground Railroad Freedom Center 50 E Freedom Way, Cincinnati

2024 ∙ Documentary ∙ 89 minutes ∙ English ∙ Ilana Trachtman _Film still courtesy of Holgate Young_. In June of 1960, three shocking, unprecedented events happened at “idyllic” Glen Echo Amusement Park: Howard University students arrived at the Park and sat down on the Carousel; White, middle-aged neighbors, largely Jewish, joined the protests; the American […]

Theatre Games and Activities

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

_Ages 8 - 14_ Spark your imagination through theatre games, improv exercises and more! Come explore character, voice, and body movement. Develop self-confidence, self- expression, and creativity! View event on Jlive: https://jlive.app/events/9639