28 JxJ • 2021 Hanukkah Film Festival (Through December 5

Tickets at JxJDC.org

Cafritz Hall is home to ongoing theatrical runs, special screenings, sneak peek events, filmmaker Q&As, and more. For latest films and showtimes, visit JxJDC.org.

Friday, December 3, 1:00 PM Saturday, December 4, 6:00 PM

Tuesday, November 30, 7:00 PM MISH MISH W/THE TATTOOED TORAH

Through the lens of three Egyptian animators, we unveil an Arab-Jewish golden age long forgotten. Plays with short film The Tattooed Torah.

THE CROSSING

In this film for the whole family, four courageous children flee the Nazi occupation for Sweden.

Sunday, November 28, 5:00 PM XUETA ISLAND W/THE BROKEN CANDLE AND UNRAVELING

Discover Majora’s Chuetas, descendants of the island’s Inquisition-era Jews. Plays with short films Unraveling and The Broken Candle.

Wednesday, December 1, 7:00 PM LATTER DAY JEW

A 35-year old gay man—formerly Mormon, now Jewish—prepares for his Bar Mitzvah.

Saturday, December 4, 8:10 PM A STARRY SKY ABOVE THE ROMAN GHETTO

Monday, November 29, 7:00 PM KISS ME KOSHER

A comic romance about love between Israelis, Palestinians, and Germans.

Thursday, December 2, 7:30 PM LEONA

The story of a young Jewish woman from Mexico City who finds herself torn between family and forbidden love.

Sunday, December 5, 5:00 PM HERE WE ARE

A touching tale of love between a father his autistic child—now a young adult about to live alone.