THE VENUE
All events will be held at the Katz JCC unless otherwise noted
1301 Springdale Road Cherry Hill, NJ 08003
The Festival will host movie screenings at the Katz JCC. It is located at 1301 Springdale Road Cherry Hill, NJ 08003.
Contact Us:
Need assistance purchasing tickets? Contact Aviva Malka Brissette at abrissette@jfedsnj.org or (856) 424-4444 x1275.
Purchase tickets in person at the Katz JCC:
Tuesdays, March 4 & 11 from 10:00am to 1:00pm
Wednesdays, March 5 & 12 from 4:00pm to 6:00pm
Thursdays, March 6 & 13 from 11:00am to 2:00pm
Tickets
Need assistance purchasing tickets? Contact Aviva Malka Brissette at abrissette@jfedsnj.org or (856) 424-4444 x1275.
Featured Films
Monday, March 17
Festival Opening Reception | 6:00PM
Enjoy light bites and check out a fascinating exhibit from Stockton University’s Alliance Heritage Center and an inspiring photo display from Karen Cohen and Philawell.
Thursday, March 27
Sunday, March 30
Tuesday, March 18
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Alliance | 7:00PM
Susan Kehnemui Donnelly | 2023 | 1 hr 36mins | United States | English
A documentary about 43 immigrant families from tyrannical Russia to the desolate fields of southern New Jersey in 1882. This is an improbable story of the settlers, who were forbidden to own land in the old country, but were able to claim land in America, harness its bounty, and create a legacy that was reborn six generations later.
Stay after the screening for a panel discussion with the film’s director, Susan Kehnemui Donnelly, the cinematographer, Ted Salins, and featured Alliance Community members. Dr. Thomas Kinsella, Director of Stockton University’s Alliance Heritage Center will moderate.
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The Boy in the Woods | 2:00PM
2023 | 1h 41 mins | Rebecca Snow | Canada | English
The remarkable true-life survival tale of a Jewish boy hiding and being hunted in the haunting and deadly forests of Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe. Max’s life changes when he meets another young Jewish boy, and together, they embark on an incredible adventure and save the life of an abandoned infant.
*The film contains war violence, persecution, and disturbing situations. Viewer discretion is advised.
Wednesday, March 19
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No Name Restaurant | 11:00AM
2022 | 2 h | Peter Keller & Stefan Sarazin | Germany | Arabic, English & Hebrew
To save the once largest Jewish community in the world from being shut down, Ben, an ultra-orthodox Jew from Brooklyn, is sent out to be the desperately needed tenth man for Pesach in Alexandria, Egypt. Having missed his plane and been kicked out of the bus in the Sinai desert, his last hope is Adel, a grumpy Bedouin looking for his camel. When their car breaks down, it becomes a matter of their very survival.
Thursday, March 20
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Midas Man | 7:00PM
2024 | 1 h 52 mins | Joe Stephenson | UK | English
On a cold night in 1961, a young record store owner walked into Liverpool’s Cavern Club and discovered the greatest pop act the music world would ever see. So begins the story of Brian Epstein, the man who discovered The Beatles.
Sunday, March 23
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The Golem | 2:00PM
2018 / 1 h 35 mins / Doron Paz & Yoav Paz / Israel / English
In a Jewish community in Lithuania, an outbreak of a deadly plague is decimating the local population. Hanna, a mystical Jewish woman, conjures a creature known as golem to protect her people from being besieged, mistreated, and killed, by a gang of ruffians whose leader has accused the Jews of causing the plague
Stay after the screening for a talkback session with Dr. Olga Gershenson, author of New Israeli Horror, and Professor of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies and Film Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
*This film contains violence, gore, and some nudity. Viewer discretion is advised.
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Israel Swings for Gold | 7:00PM
2023 / 1 h 18 mins / Seth Kramer, Daniel A. Miller, Jeremy Newberger / US / English & Hebrew
In 2021, Israel's baseball team competed in the Olympics for the first time. With no media allowed in Tokyo's Olympic Village, the players record their own experiences. Mostly newly minted Israelis, they log unexpected battles against anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism. Victory for Israel comes on the playing field, even if not on the podium. Israel Swings for Gold follows the 2018 hit Heading Home: The Tale of Team Israel, about Israel's Cinderella run at the 2017 World Baseball Classic.
Come early for some fun, baseball themed snacks! And don’t miss the post-film talkback session with Nate Mulberg (Israel Baseball Americas), who served as one of Team Israel’s Olympic coaches, and Seth Kramer, one of Israel Swings for Gold’s directors.
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Vishniac | 2:00PM
2023 / 1 h 30 mins / Laura Bialis / US / English
A difficult and flamboyant character, Roman Vishniac is best known for having traversed Eastern Europe with a camera from 1935 through 1938. On assignment for the American Joint Distribution Committee to document Jewish life in Eastern Europe, the purpose of the photographs was to raise funds for impoverished Jewish communities. Vishniac captured iconic images of Jewish life, from the cafes of pre-war Berlin to the shtetls of Eastern Europe. Few could have predicted that less than a decade later, these communities would be wiped out, and that Vishniac’s photographs would provide the last visual records of an entire world.
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Turn Left at the End of
the World | 11:00AM
2004 / 1 h 50 min / Avi Nesher / France & Israel / English, French, Hebrew, Hindi & Moroccan Arabic
Avi Nesher’s quirky story of a teenage girl whose family migrates to Israel from India and ends up in a 1960s-era Negev development town. The film explores the hardships and surprises that come with the integration of multiple families from different ethnic backgrounds (from the diaspora) and their struggle with immigration and prejudice. The film is in Hebrew, French, English, Moroccan Arabic, and Hindi, a combination of languages that have likely never been featured in a single movie before, or since. Turn Left at the End of the World was selected as a "New Israeli Classic" in a special event by the Tel Aviv Cinemateque in October 2024 exhibiting the new digitally restored version made for the film's 20th anniversary.
*This film contains nudity and adult situations. Viewer discretion is advised.
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The Commandant's Shadow 2:00PM
2024 / 1 h 43 min / Daniela Volker / Germany, Israel, Poland, UK, US / English & German
The Commandant's Shadow is a 2024 documentary that focuses on the story of Jurgen Höss, the son of Auschwitz concentration camp director Rudolf Höss, and his boyhood home life in the villa adjacent to it. The film also stars Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, an Auschwitz survivor who meets face-to-face with Jurgen Höss decades later.
*This film contains references to the Holocaust, including disturbing images. Viewer discretion is advised.
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OCTOBER H8TE: The Fight for the Soul of America | 7:00PM
2025 / 1 h 40 mins / Wendy Sachs / US / English
From Executive Producer, Debra Messing, and Director, Wendy Sachs, OCTOBER H8TE is a documentary about the explosion of anti-Semitism on college campuses, on social media and in the streets of America in the aftermath of October 7th.
*This film contains images and references of graphic violence. Viewer discretion is advised.
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Remembering Gene Wilder
11:00AM
2023 / 1 h 32 mins / Ron Frank / US / English
This loving tribute to Gene Wilder celebrates his life and legacy as the comic genius behind an extraordinary string of film roles, from his first collaboration with Mel Brooks in The Producers, to the enigmatic title role in the original Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Remembering Gene Wilder shines a light on an essential performer, writer, director, and all-around mensch.
Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory | 2:00PM
1971 / 1 h 40 mins / Mel Stuart / UK & US / English, French, German & Italian
A poor, but hopeful, boy seeks one of the five coveted golden tickets that will send him on a tour of Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory. Don’t miss this iconic performance by Gene Wilder!
Sunday, March 30
Thursday, March 27
Wednesday, March 26
Thank You to Our Sponsors
Faktorow Family Jewish Film Festival Endowment Fund of the JCF, Inc
Most films are in English, unless otherwise noted. Any languages other than English will be accompanied with English subtitles.
Alliance | 7:00PM
Susan Kehnemui Donnelly | 2023 | 1 hr 36mins | United States | English
A documentary about 43 immigrant families from tyrannical Russia to the desolate fields of southern New Jersey in 1882. This is an improbable story of the settlers, who were forbidden to own land in the old country, but were able to claim land in America, harness its bounty, and create a legacy that was reborn six generations later.
Stay after the screening for a panel discussion with the film’s director, Susan Kehnemui Donnelly, the cinematographer, Ted Salins, and featured Alliance Community members. Dr. Thomas Kinsella, Director of Stockton University’s Alliance Heritage Center will moderate.
The Boy in the
Woods | 2:00PM
2023 | 1h 41 mins | Rebecca Snow | Canada | English
The remarkable true-life survival tale of a Jewish boy hiding and being hunted in the haunting and deadly forests of Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe. Max’s life changes when he meets another young Jewish boy, and together, they embark on an incredible adventure and save the life of an abandoned infant.
*The film contains war violence, persecution, and disturbing situations. Viewer discretion is advised.
Wednesday, March 19
The Boy in the
Woods | 2:00PM
2023 | 1h 41 mins | Rebecca Snow | Canada | English
The remarkable true-life survival tale of a Jewish boy hiding and being hunted in the haunting and deadly forests of Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe. Max’s life changes when he meets another young Jewish boy, and together, they embark on an incredible adventure and save the life of an abandoned infant.
Thursday, March 20
Midas Man |
7:00PM
2024 | 1 h 52 mins | Joe Stephenson | UK | English
On a cold night in 1961, a young record store owner walked into Liverpool’s Cavern Club and discovered the greatest pop act the music world would ever see. So begins the story of Brian Epstein, the man who discovered The Beatles.
Sunday, March 23
The Golem |
2:00PM
2018 / 1 h 35 mins / Doron Paz & Yoav Paz / Israel / English
a Jewish community in Lithuania, an outbreak of a deadly plague is decimating the local population. Hanna, a mystical Jewish woman, conjures a creature known as golem to protect her people from being besieged, mistreated, and killed, by a gang of ruffians whose leader has accused the Jews of causing the plague
Stay after the screening for a talkback session with Dr. Olga Gershenson, author of New Israeli Horror, and Professor of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies and Film Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
*This film contains violence, gore, and some nudity. Viewer discretion is advised.
Tuesday, March 23
Israel Swings for
Gold | 7:00PM
2018 / 1 h 35 mins / Doron Paz & Yoav Paz / Israel / English
In 2021, Israel's baseball team competed in the Olympics for the first time. With no media allowed in Tokyo's Olympic Village, the players record their own experiences. Mostly newly minted Israelis, they log unexpected battles against anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism. Victory for Israel comes on the playing field, even if not on the podium. Israel Swings for Gold follows the 2018 hit Heading Home: The Tale of Team Israel, about Israel's Cinderella run at the 2017 World Baseball Classic.
Come early for some fun, baseball themed snacks! And don’t miss the post-film talkback session with Nate Mulberg (Israel Baseball Americas), who served as one of Team Israel’s Olympic coaches, and Seth Kramer, one of Israel Swings for Gold’s directors.
Vishniac | 2:00PM
2023 / 1 h 30 mins / Laura Bialis / US / English
A difficult and flamboyant character, Roman Vishniac is best known for having traversed Eastern Europe with a camera from 1935 through 1938. On assignment for the American Joint Distribution Committee to document Jewish life in Eastern Europe, the purpose of the photographs was to raise funds for impoverished Jewish communities. Vishniac captured iconic images of Jewish life, from the cafes of pre-war Berlin to the shtetls of Eastern Europe. Few could have predicted that less than a decade later, these communities would be wiped out, and that Vishniac’s photographs would provide the last visual records of an entire world.
Tuesday, March 18
Turn Left at the
End of the World |
11:00AM
2004 / 1 h 50 min / Avi Nesher / France & Israel / English, French, Hebrew, Hindi & Moroccan Arabic
Avi Nesher’s quirky story of a teenage girl whose family migrates to Israel from India and ends up in a 1960s-era Negev development town. The film explores the hardships and surprises that come with the integration of multiple families from different ethnic backgrounds (from the diaspora) and their struggle with immigration and prejudice. The film is in Hebrew, French, English, Moroccan Arabic, and Hindi, a combination of languages that have likely never been featured in a single movie before, or since. Turn Left at the End of the World was selected as a "New Israeli Classic" in a special event by the Tel Aviv Cinemateque in October 2024 exhibiting the new digitally restored version made for the film's 20th anniversary.
*This film contains nudity and adult situations. Viewer discretion is advised.
Wednesday, March 26
The Commandant's Shadow 2:00PM
2024 / 1 h 43 min / Daniela Volker / Germany, Israel, Poland, UK, US / English & German
The Commandant's Shadow is a 2024 documentary that focuses on the story of Jurgen Höss, the son of Auschwitz concentration camp director Rudolf Höss, and his boyhood home life in the villa adjacent to it. The film also stars Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, an Auschwitz survivor who meets face-to-face with Jurgen Höss decades later.
*This film contains references to the Holocaust, including disturbing images. Viewer discretion is advised.
Thursday, March 27
OCTOBER H8TE: The Fight for the Soul of America | 7:00PM
2025 / 1 h 40 mins / Wendy Sachs / US / English
From Executive Producer, Debra Messing, and Director, Wendy Sachs, OCTOBER H8TE is a documentary about the explosion of anti-Semitism on college campuses, on social media and in the streets of America in the aftermath of October 7th.
*This film contains images and references of graphic violence. Viewer discretion is advised.
Sunday, March 30
Remembering Gene Wilder
11:00AM
2023 / 1 h 32 mins / Ron Frank / US / English
This loving tribute to Gene Wilder celebrates his life and legacy as the comic genius behind an extraordinary string of film roles, from his first collaboration with Mel Brooks in The Producers, to the enigmatic title role in the original Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Remembering Gene Wilder shines a light on an essential performer, writer, director, and all-around mensch.
Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory | 2:00PM
1971 / 1 h 40 mins / Mel Stuart / UK & US / English, French, German & Italian
A poor, but hopeful, boy seeks one of the five coveted golden tickets that will send him on a tour of Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory. Don’t miss this iconic performance by Gene Wilder!
Thank You to Our Sponsors
Faktorow Family Jewish Film Festival Endowment Fund of the JCF, Inc
Closing 2-Pack:
Sunday, March 30
Save $5 when purchasing both films
Priority seating
Exclusive early access to the Social Hall 10 minutes before General Admission
JCC Member: $25
Guest: $31
Mensch Pass
Access to all 12 films at a discounted price
Priority seating at all events
Entrance 10 minutes prior to General Admission
JCC Member: $155
Guest: $200
Closing 2-Pack:
Sunday, March 30
Save $5 when purchasing both films
JCC Member: $25
Guest: $31
Individual Tickets
1 ticket to watch the movie of your choice
General admission seating
JCC Member: $15
Guest: $18
Monday, March 24
Monday, March 25