Events

Animation | Directed by Don Bluth | 1986 | USA | English | 80 minutes | At the J Steven Spielberg’s Academy Award-nominated 1986 animated feature tells the story of Fievel Mousekewitz, a mischievous Russian Jewish mouse who sails with his family to America in 1885 to escape antisemitism. With a beautiful score and star-studded […]

Of Dogs and Men  Drama | Directed by Dani Rosenberg | 2024 | Israel | Hebrew with English subtitles | 82 minutes | Kaplan Theatre October 7 survivor Hila Berdichevsky in attendance.  Filmed at Kibbutz Nir Oz just a few weeks after the October 7 attack, Dani Rosenberg’s experiential dramatic account follows Israeli teenager Dar […]

Documentary | Directed by Varda Bar-Kar | 2024 | USA | English |110 minutes | Kaplan Theatre Janis Ian, a Grammy Award-winning Jewish singer-songwriter inspired by Joan Baez and Nina Simone, started performing in Greenwich Village at age 13. With hits such as the controversial “Society’s Child” (1966) and “At Seventeen” (1975), Janis braved numerous […]

Documentary | Directed Dani Menkin | 2024 | USA | English | 80 minutes | Kaplan Theatre Director Dani Menkin and Documentary subject Jeff Cohen in attendance. Israeli-American filmmaker Dani Menkin’s timely documentary walks us step-by-step through the 2022 Beth Israel synagogue hostage crisis in Colleyville, Texas, using a gold mine of rare, recorded footage […]

Documentary | Directed by Lex Gillespie | 2024 | USA | English | 86 minutes | Kaplan Theatre  Director Lex Gillespie in attendance for both screenings  Overflowing with nostalgic archival footage, this delightful documentary chronicles the rise, heyday and eventual decline of the so-called Borscht Belt—the storied mountain region north of New York City that […]

Documentary | Directed by Lex Gillespie | 2024 | USA | English | 86 minutes | Kaplan Theatre  Director Lex Gillespie in attendance for both screenings  Overflowing with nostalgic archival footage, this delightful documentary chronicles the rise, heyday and eventual decline of the so-called Borscht Belt—the storied mountain region north of New York City that […]

Drama | Directed by Shemi Zarhin | 2024 | Israel | Hebrew, Arabic with English subtitles | 125 minutes | Kaplan Theatre   Renowned Israeli actors Sasson Gabai and Asi Levi play Sassi and Efi, an aging married couple burdened with multiple jobs and complications from their past lives. Despite a notable age gap, Sassi and […]

Documentary | Directed by Yariv Mozer | 2023 | Israel | Hebrew with English subtitles | 73 minutes | Kaplan Theatre Archives from the Yom Kippur War, recently declassified after 50 years, challenge myths and perceptions about Prime Minister Golda Meir’s leadership during the critical conflict with Egyptian and Syrian forces. Memos and other contemporaneous […]

Director Julia Elihu in attendance Girl No. 60427  Drama | Directed by Shulamit Lifshitz | 2022 | Israel | Hebrew with English subtitles | 22 minutes  Tel Aviv, 1998. Reut finds her grandmother’s hidden Holocaust diary, transforming her carefree summer into a profound connection with her past. A true story from director Shulamit Lifshitz, a […]

Animation | Directed by Don Bluth | 1986 | USA | English | 80 minutes | At the J Steven Spielberg’s Academy Award-nominated 1986 animated feature tells the story of Fievel Mousekewitz, a mischievous Russian Jewish mouse who sails with his family to America in 1885 to escape antisemitism. With a beautiful score and star-studded […]