2024-2025 Israeli Film Series
Subscribe to the East Valley JCC Israeli Film Series and watch a film each month from the comfort of your own home.
Subscribers will automatically receive the link the evening before each film and can watch anytime on the dates below.
There’s no cost to subscribe.
Sept. 15
The Samaritans: A Biblical People
This documentary explores how a community of 850 Samaritans in Jerusalem struggle to save its language and faith from extinction.
Oct. 13
Telling Nonie
An elderly Israeli Shin Bet agent re-examines his role in a 1950s targeted assassination in Gaza as he reaches out to the daughter of the target, Nonie Darwish, who is now a prominent voice against radical Islam.
Nov. 17
All About the Levkoviches
After his wife’s death, a stubborn boxing coach agrees to let his estranged Jewish Orthodox son mourn in his house, along with the grandson he never met. During the seven-day long shiva, father and son are obliged to face their old grievances.
Dec. 15
Home
A young and recently married Orthodox man’s dream to open a computer store in an ultra-Orthodox neighborhood in Jerusalem turns into a violent nightmare when the entire neighborhood sees him as an existential threat.
Jan. 12
Running on Sand
When a young Eritrean refugee deported from Israel is mistaken for the new foreign player of a struggling football team, his survival depends on the team’s success.
Feb. 9
Nor By Day, Nor By Night
Sephardic heritage attempts to integrate with an insular Ashkenazi community in Bnei Brak, Israel. The story centers at the struggle between the father, Shmuel, and his son’s Talmud Torah (Torah study) headmaster – a conflict that will lead to tragic, unexpected results.
March 9
Happy Purim
A film about the joy of Purim explores the enthusiastic celebration of the holiday in the ultra-Orthodox community.
April 6
999: The Forgotten Girls
A documentary featuring survivors from the first official Jewish transport to Auschwitz, which included 999 Slovak girls and young women
May 4
The European Dream
Julius Klausner and Robert Graetz, German Jewish industrialists, defied the odds to build their economic empires from scratch. In 2016, a letter listing looted artworks from WWII brings their two grandchildren on a poignant journey to reclaim their lost art.