Jewish Movies

A coming of age movie the world has never seen While South Africa battles through civil unrest and the final days of apartheid, Jeffrey Greenbaum...

A family of Russian Jews living in New York struggles to survive, while the mother strives to better their lives, but she finds that most of her...

"Yom Rishona" follows a young woman's chaotic journey to self discovery as she commemorates the day she made crucial realizations in terms of queer...

A Jewish pathologist is sent to work under Dr. Josef Mengele. There, he struggles to hold onto his humanity while being forced to endure the...

12-year-old Jewish girl Dinka studies at Machon (Jewish Orthodox orphanage). Lone middle-aged Hana, the Machon headmistress, exerts her best efforts...

In 1961, history was on trial... in a trial that made history. Just 15 years after the end of WWII, the Holocaust had been largely forgotten. That...

An impulsive millennial mensch who gets possessed by the spirit of his dead Yiddish grandma.

On a mission to win her overbearing mother's approval, a free-wheeling young woman searches for a date in the unlikeliest of places-her nephew's bris.

Rivka tries to have a calm Friday dinner Kiddush with her daughter, Miri, who is slowly moving away from the family’s religious traditions. All...

From the Marx Brothers to Schindler's List, this compilation of Jewish film trailers offers a glimpse at the history of Jews in American cinema. A...

Can a language save your life? Yes it can, even an ancient one from the 15th century. Saved by Language tells the story of Moris Albahari, a...

The warm relationship between Mendel, an elderly Holocaust survivor, and his Filipino caretaker, Jose, is tested when Jose does not have a work...

Under Their Skin: Tattoos of Memory and Resilience is a character-driven film featuring grandchildren of survivors (3Gs) who have made the...

Scott Gerber, an unlikely mix of Yiddish and cowboy cultures, learned Yiddish and progressive songs from his mother and grandmother. A descendant of...

A man tries to make his recently deceased mother's Passover recipe for a pandemic Seder, but discovers he must reconnect with his estranged brother...

On a fire escape during a Passover seder, longtime family friends Talia and Ella realize their feelings for each other. It Isn’t Easy asks what...

On the way to creating a new future, the New Jewish Filmmaking Project is rediscovering the past. 11 young storytellers, ages 15-25, collaborated...

When he's ready to take the next step with his shiksa girlfriend, a young Jewish man gets possessed by the spirit of his dead Yiddish grandmother,...

University of Washington professor Noam Pianko and his students collaborated with Citizen Film, the Pacific Northwest Jewish Archive and...