Israel 2024 | Directors: Adir Miller, Doror Paz & Yoav Paz | Hebrew, English & Hungarian with English subtitles | 122 minutes Dramedy Arnon Noble is a religious man with a strong bond to his mother, a Holocaust survivor. He usually drives her to school lectures where she tells the students how she saved the...
Join us each month at Masala Art for lively conversation, good company, and great food as we explore Jewish literature together. The Beth Tzedec Book Club is open to all who love reading and discussing stories, history, and ideas through a Jewish lens. Our November book selection will be announced soon! Upcoming books to be...
Ready to go deeper in your Jewish learning? Judaism 201 is an adult education series with Rabbi Russ designed for those who want to explore the richness of our heritage and religious tradition. This year’s program will guide learners through some of Judaism’s most fascinating texts and practices, including Sefer Yetzirah (The Book of Formation),...
Israel 2025 Director: Paz Schwartz Hebrew with English subtitles 72 minutes Documentary Displaced from their homes in the kibbutzim and villages along Israel’s southern border with Gaza following the October 7th massacre, the twelfth graders of Nofei HaBsor, the regional high school, face an uncertain future. Scattered across the country and longing to be with...
Bring your whole family together for an unforgettable Friday night filled with music, laughter, and community spirit. This month, we'll be joined by our friends at PJ Library, who will be leading us in a special Shabbat craft! At 5:30pm, jump into an interactive Shabbat service with singing, games, and stories that will have kids...
Pirkei De-Rabbi Eliezer (The Chapters of Rabbi Eliezer) is one of the most imaginative and wide-ranging works of rabbinic literature—a Talmudic-era collection of midrashim that retells and expands upon the Torah’s stories, from the creation of the world to Miriam’s leprosy in the Book of Numbers. Within its pages you’ll find Jewish ethics, ancient customs,...
Israel 2025 | Director: Shai Carmeli-Pollak | Arabic & Hebrew with English subtitles | 93 minutes Drama Khaled, a 12-year-old boy from a Palestinian village, gets the chance to fulfill a dream and see the sea for the first time in his life on a school trip. But when they reach a military checkpoint, the...
Israel 2025 | Director: Erez Tadmor | Hebrew with English subtitles | 96 minutes Drama This powerful drama is set in early-1950’s Israel, where Eva, a beautiful seamstress, arrives with her daughter in a working-class neighbourhood largely made up of former partisan fighters and young Holocaust survivors. Shalom Gottlieb, a former partisan leader and current...
Israel/USA 2024 | Director: Yael Melamede | English & Hebrew with English subtitles | 81 minutes Documentary Ada Karmi Melamede is one of the most accomplished architects of her generation in her native Israel and abroad. A true pioneer who, like many successful working mothers of her time, was forced to make impossible choices, Ada...
USA 2025 | Director: James L. Freedman | English | 93 minutes Documentary This entertaining and touching documentary pays tribute to the extraordinary life and career of a man who was not only a talented actor-comedian and broadcast personality, but also a tireless social activist. A master of dry wit and deadpan delivery, Charles Grodin...
USA 2025 | Directors: Perri Peltz & Matthew O’Neill | English | 80 minutes Drama The Last Twins is the never-before-told story of an unsung hero of the Holocaust, Erno “Zvi” Spiegel, who risked everything to save dozens of young twins from almost certain death at Auschwitz. Under the shadow of Dr. Josef Mengele’s horrific...
Ready to go deeper in your Jewish learning? Judaism 201 is an adult education series with Rabbi Russ designed for those who want to explore the richness of our heritage and religious tradition. This year’s program will guide learners through some of Judaism’s most fascinating texts and practices, including Sefer Yetzirah (The Book of Formation),...
Join us for our monthly Hazak Lunch & Learn, featuring guest speakers on a variety of engaging topics. Enjoy a delicious meal while expanding your knowledge and connecting with the community. Each session offers fresh insights and lively discussions. Don’t miss this enriching lunchtime experience! This November, we'll be joined by Harry Sanders. Harry the...
Pirkei De-Rabbi Eliezer (The Chapters of Rabbi Eliezer) is one of the most imaginative and wide-ranging works of rabbinic literature—a Talmudic-era collection of midrashim that retells and expands upon the Torah’s stories, from the creation of the world to Miriam’s leprosy in the Book of Numbers. Within its pages you’ll find Jewish ethics, ancient customs,...
Canada 2025 | Director: Barry Avrich | English | 95 minutes Documentary Perhaps the most talked about film of this year's Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), The Road Between Us was originally pulled from the TIFF lineup to great controversy, only to be ultimately reinstated, and going on to win the festival's People’s Choice Award...
Israel/Czech Republic/Poland 2025 | Directors: Mihal Brezis & Oded Binnun | English & Hebrew with English subtitles | 110 minutes Drama/Romance While waiting at the airport for her husband, Aya is mistaken for someone else. Intrigued, she decides, on a whim, to pick up a total stranger instead. Their encounter sparks an unexpected intimacy that...
