Jewish Repertory Theatre presents Beau Jest by James Sherman March 11-31, 2021 What's a nice Jewish girl to do when her parents expect her to marry a nice Jewish doctor even though she’s already in love with another man? Hiring an actor to play her imaginary beau in front of the family seemed like a […]
It's the summer of 1939 and influential families in Nazi Germany have sent their daughters to a finishing school in an English seaside town to learn the language and be ambassadors for a future-looking National Socialist.
The crucial historical lessons of Black-Jewish relations are revisited and revived in this utterly fascinating, urgent call to action film. The modern alliance between African-Americans and Jewish Americans dates to the NAACP founding in 1909. Since then, both groups have endured segregation and racism, from the bigotry of southern Jim Crow laws, to blatant bias in real estate, employment, higher education and politics. Common cause was found in the turbulent ‘60s Civil Rights era, as Jewish leaders backed Dr. King’s efforts at racial equality and harmony, yet the relationship has weakened in recent years.
Take a front-row seat at your computer to join pianist Ian Scarfe for a unique, live, classical piano recital. This month, Scarfe’s program and discussion whisks you away to Paris to experience the sensuous atmosphere of the early 20th-century Impressionist composers who lived in “The City of Light.” Scarfe will perform an exotic program featuring […]
Free with Advance Registration! Although in the early 1950s Israel’s parliament passed a resolution establishing Yom HaShoah, this “Holocaust & Heroism Remembrance Day” has become a day commemorated by Jewish communities and individuals worldwide. Join popular San Francisco Bay Area instructor James Sokol to journey through an array of music – Broadway, pop, opera & more! […]
In this tantalizing account of the top-secret Manhattan Project, brilliant Polish-Jewish scientist Stan Ulam struggles with wartime loss and prophetic moral dilemmas at the dawn of the nuclear age. After Ulam and his brother escape Poland on the eve of the Nazi invasion, Ulam's knowledge of mathematics makes him a valuable recruit to a legendary […]
This highly anticipated sequel to the award-winning film On the Map tells the inspiring story of Aulcie Perry, a basketball legend recruited from the courts of Harlem, who led Maccabi Tel Aviv to victory in the 1977 European Championship. After the season, Perry surprised many by converting to Judaism, adopting the Hebrew name Elisha Ben Avraham, and becoming […]
In this Italian drama interlacing past and present, the discovery of a puzzling photograph sparks a student to probe the history of Rome’s Jewish ghetto and the fate of a little girl. When Sofia finds an old snapshot in a neglected suitcase, she’s mesmerized by the child’s picture. As details of the child’s name, a […]
Sparks fly when two families from wildly different cultural backgrounds collide to plan a same-sex wedding in this fun-filled screwball romantic comedy. After a string of brief relationships, Shira has finally found real love and gets engaged to Maria, a German who has uprooted her life with a move to Tel Aviv. The two families […]
Filmed over the course of ten years, A Lullaby for the Valley focuses on the fascinating figure of artist Eli Shamir and his paintings. Shamir paints the view from his studio balcony – fields stretching to the horizon, ancient oak trees, and a generation of farmers that is disappearing from the vistas of the Jezreel […]
Teenager Janot Reichenbach fell in love with French-Jewish socialist three-time Prime Minister, Léon Blum, however difficult life circumstances kept them from marrying. It is not until the French government falls to Germany in 1940 that they can finally be together. Janot, determined to stay close to Blum, refuses to follow her family as they flee […]
A force to be reckoned with, African-American rabbinical student, Tamar Manasseh, hits the streets in a grassroots effort to curb the senseless killings on the south side of Chicago. Tired of politicians’ inactions, the energetic Manasseh stakes out the corner of Englewood’s 75th and South Stewart Avenue, and attracts families and volunteers who meet, talk, play, […]
Devoted father, Aharon, has dedicated his life to raising his autistic son, Uri. The father-son duo live in peace away from the real world, but as Uri becomes a young adult, Aharon recognizes that it might be time for him to live in a specialized home. The decision is made, but while on their way […]
In his final screen role, Bruno Ganz blends reenactments and archival materials to relate a Jewish-German couple’s poignant pre-WWII romance. Artfully weaving past and present, Winter Journey centers around the search for truth regarding a married couple's experiences during Hitler’s rise to power. In the film, George Goldsmith (played by Ganz) recalls the events leading […]
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