Events

Houston Jewish Film Festival: Generation 1.5

Kaplan Theatre @ the J 5601 S. Braeswood, Houston, TX

Generation 1.5  Sunday, March 31 | 4:00 PM  Documentary | Directed by Roman Shumunov   2023 | Israel | Hebrew and Russian with English subtitles | 80 Min. | Kaplan Theatre Over one million immigrants from the former Soviet Union arrived in Israel during the 1990’s. Generation 1.5 – those who made aliyah as children […]

Houston Jewish Film Festival: Hummus Full Trailer

Kaplan Theatre @ the J 5601 S. Braeswood, Houston, TX

Hummus Full Trailer  Sunday, March 31 | 7:00 PM  Comedy | Directed by Asaf Kobrovsky   2022 Israel | Hebrew with English subtitles | 93 Min. | Kaplan Theatre  Three shipping containers of illegal goods get mixed up in the port city of Haifa. Russian smugglers, ultra-Orthodox gun dealers and Arab traffickers scramble to undo […]

Houston Jewish Film Festival: No Name Restaurant

Kaplan Theatre @ the J 5601 S. Braeswood, Houston, TX

No Name Restaurant  Monday, April 1 | 7:30 PM  Directed by Stefan Sarazin  Comedy | Directed by Stefan Sarazin and Peter Keller   2023 | Germany | English, Arabic and Hebrew with English subtitles | 121 Min. | Kaplan Theatre Actor Luzer Twersky in attendance Alexandria, Egypt. To save the once largest Jewish community in […]

Houston Jewish Film Festival: Rabbi on the Block

Kaplan Theatre @ the J 5601 S. Braeswood, Houston, TX

Rabbi on the Block   Tuesday, April 2 | 7:30 PM  Documentary | Directed by Brad Rothschild 2023 | USA | English | 88 Min. | Kaplan Theatre  Director Brad Rothschild and Rabbi Tamar Manasseh in attendance In this engaging documentary, Tamar Menasseh, an African-American rabbi, mother and anti-gun violence advocate, brings her unusual background to […]

Event Series Houston Jewish Film Festival

Houston Jewish Film Festival: Rabbi on the Block

Kaplan Theatre @ the J 5601 S. Braeswood, Houston, TX

Rabbi on the Block   Teen Night: Wednesday, April 3 | 7:00 PM Documentary | Directed by Brad Rothschild 2023 | USA | English | 88 Min. | Kaplan Theatre  Director Brad Rothschild and Rabbi Tamar Manasseh in attendance In this engaging documentary, Tamar Menasseh, an African-American rabbi, mother and anti-gun violence advocate, brings her unusual […]

Event Series Houston Jewish Film Festival

Houston Jewish Film Festival: Love Gets a Room

Holocaust Museum Houston 5401 Caroline St, Houston, TX, United States

Love Gets a Room*  Wednesday, April 3 | 7:30 PM  Drama | Directed by Rodrigo Cortés   2022 | Spain/UK English | 103 Min. | Holocaust Museum Houston Warsaw Ghetto, 1942. Surrounded by starvation, cold and threatening Nazis, one dilapidated theater is alive with Jewish actors and musicians putting on a musical comedy for a […]

Houston Jewish Film Festival: The Monkey House

Kaplan Theatre @ the J 5601 S. Braeswood, Houston, TX

CLOSING NIGHT  The Monkey House  Thursday, April 4 | 7:30 PM  Drama/Comedy | Directed by Avi Nesher 2023 | Israel | Hebrew with English subtitles | 128 Min. | Kaplan Theatre   Nominated for 11 Ophirs (Israeli Academy Awards), acclaimed director Avi Nesher’s intricate literary mystery follows a plot by forgotten novelist Amitay to resuscitate his […]

“I’m Not A Comedian… I’m Lenny Bruce”

Kaplan Theatre @ the J 5601 S. Braeswood, Houston, TX

Critically-acclaimed actor Ronnie Marmo, with the blessings of Kitty Bruce (daughter of the late Lenny Bruce), along with the Lenny Bruce Foundation, will present "I'm Not A Comedian... I'm Lenny Bruce" at the J for a limited engagement two-show run on April 6 and 7. Directed by Joe Mantegna, the theatrical event starring Ronnie Marmo […]

“I’m Not A Comedian… I’m Lenny Bruce”

Kaplan Theatre @ the J 5601 S. Braeswood, Houston, TX

Critically-acclaimed actor Ronnie Marmo, with the blessings of Kitty Bruce (daughter of the late Lenny Bruce), along with the Lenny Bruce Foundation, will present "I'm Not A Comedian... I'm Lenny Bruce" at the J for a limited engagement two-show run on April 6 and 7. Directed by Joe Mantegna, the theatrical event starring Ronnie Marmo […]

Daniel Silva: A Death in Cornwall

Congregation Beth Yeshrun 4525 Beechnut Street, Houston, United States

A Death in Cornwall: A Novel Monday, July 15 | 7:30 PM Presented by the Evelyn Rubenstein JCC in partnership with Murder by the Book A brutal murder, a missing masterpiece, a mystery only Gabriel Allon can solve: Acclaimed #1 New York Times–bestselling author Daniel Silva returns with the year’s most anticipated new thriller. Daniel Silva is […]