Week of Events
Adult Hebrew Literacy and Conversation Class
Adult Hebrew Literacy and Conversation Class
Learn the language of our heritage and homeland from experienced Hebrew instructor Orly Shalev. On Sunday mornings from September through May, beginners and more experienced students are invited to join us and embark on a rewarding journey into the world of Hebrew! Beginners will join us from 9:30am to 10:15am to learn the Hebrew letters,...
Giado
Giado
Israel 2023 | Directors: Golan Rise & Sharon Yaish | Hebrew & Italian with English subtitles | 55 minutes Documentary At the age of 20, Yosef Dadosh was among 3,000 Benghazi Jews sent to the Giado concentration camp in the heart of the Libyan desert during World War II. He secretly kept a diary of...
Golda’s War Diaries
Golda’s War Diaries
Israel 2023 | Director: Yariv Mozer | Hebrew with English subtitles | 74 minutes Documentary In September 2023, the official protocols of Prime Minister Golda Meir’s office from the time of the Yom Kippur War were made public for the first time. Released by Israel’s National Archive to mark the 50th anniversary of the war,...
Telling Nonie
Telling Nonie
Israel 2023 | Director: Paz Schwartz | Hebrew & English with English subtitles | 50 minutes Documentary Tormented by his role in a 1950s Gaza targeted assassination, Geizi Tsafrir, an elderly former Mossad and Shin Bet (Israeli Security Services) agent, seeks redemption. Reflecting on his time with Shin Bet and the targeted killing of an...
Halisa (Sneak Preview)
Halisa (Sneak Preview)
Israel 2024 | Director: Sophie Artus | Hebrew with English subtitles | 102 minutes Drama Every day, in her work as a nurse, 41-year-old Sarah cares for other people's babies at the Children's Health Center in Haifa's impoverished, multi-ethnic Halisa neighborhood, but she also yearns for a child of her own. After two years of...
Judaism 201
Judaism 201
This year, Judaism 201 will continue exploring commentaries on the Torah throughout the ages with Rabbi Russ. We will start with the great Maimonides and his contemporaries, and then, proceed backwards in time looking at the esteemed Rashi and some of the earliest Kabbalistic works. Come be a part of the journey and expand your...
Keruv Class
Keruv Class
Designed for those interested in converting to Judaism – or anyone who could use a Judaism 101 refresher – our Keruv class covers a number of Jewish topics and incorporates lectures, group text-studies, discussions, and experiential activities. Our class meets online for two hours on Thursday evenings from 6:30pm to 8:30pm, with occasional field trips...
999: The Forgotten Girls
999: The Forgotten Girls
USA 2024 | Director: Heather Dune Macadam | English, Slovak, German & Hebrew with English subtitles | 86 minutes Documentary In March 1942, 999 young Slovak Jewish women, mostly teenagers, told by their government that they were embarking on a volunteer work assignment, were instead illegally deported to Auschwitz on what was the first Jewish...
The Stronghold
The Stronghold
Israel 2023 | Director: Lior Chefetz | Hebrew with English subtitles | 110 minutes Action Drama This gripping wartime drama is based on true events that took place during the 1973 Yom Kippur war, one of Israel’s most traumatic battles. When a desolate Israeli outpost in the Sinai desert comes under siege after a surprise...
All About the Levkoviches
All About the Levkoviches
Hungary 2024 | Director: Adam Breier | Hungarian & Hebrew with English subtitles | 85 minutes Comedy/Drama Set in contemporary Budapest, this touching and often humorous bittersweet dramedy follows 70-year-old Tamás, a generous but stubborn boxing coach, who gets along well with everyone but his own son Iván. The two haven’t spoken ever since Iván...