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• Country: Israel
• Year: 2024
• Director: Erez Tadmor
• Run Time: 96 minutes
• Language(s): Hebrew

In 1954 Israel, former partisan Shalom Gottlieb (Lior Raz, FAUDA) is drawn to a beautiful newcomer. When rumors surface of her past as a Nazi collaborator, he risks everything—family, honor, and friendships—to uncover the truth. A tense, emotional drama of forbidden desire, past trauma, and moral reckoning.

* Nominated: 3 Israeli Academy Awards, 2024

Saturday, November 8 @9:15PM

Sunday, November 16 @5:15PM  

Speaker: Prof. Avinoam Patt, New York University

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• Swedishkayt: Yidlife Crisis in Stockholm
• Country: Canada, Sweden
• Year: 2025
• Director: Eli Batalion & Jamie Elman
• Run Time: 76 minutes
• Language(s): English and Yiddish with English subtitles

Get ready to laugh and kvell! Comedy duo, Eli Batalion and Jamie Elman explore Stockholm’s Jewish scene - where Yiddish, to their surprise, is a protected minority language. Blending sharp wit with heartfelt reflection, they explore 250 years of history, quirky community tales, and cultural surprises finding unexpected connections across the Atlantic.

Sunday, November 9 @3:00PM
Thursday, November 13 @12:30PM

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• Ain’t No Back to a Merry-Go-Round
• Country: USA
• Year: 2024
• Director: Ilana Trachtman
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Language(s): English

An interracial protest is sparked when Black college students are arrested at a segregated Maryland carousel in 1960. When Jewish communities join, an historic alliance is formed despite fierce opposition. Featuring rare footage and voices of key figures, this film brings an untold story of courage, unity, and the birth of a movement vividly to life.

Sunday, November 9 @12:30PM

In Person: Director Ilana Trachtman

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• Soul of a Nation
• Country: USA, Israel
• Year: 2025
• Director: Jonathan Jakubowicz
• Run Time: 105 minutes
• Language(s): English and Hebrew with English subtitles

A powerful, eye-opening chronicle of recent Israeli history marked by deep internal conflicts around Judicial reform, women’s issues and the soul of its democracy. Then came the October 7 attack, shaking the country to its core and sparking an extraordinary wave of solidarity. This gripping documentary reveals how a nation, fractured and reeling, found unexpected unity, resilience, and hope in the face of its greatest modern crisis.

Sunday, November 16 @2:30PM