Events

HJFF: Teen Night – Repairing the World

Evelyn Rubenstein JCC 5601 S. Braeswood, Houston, TX, United States

Teen Night at the Houston Jewish Film Festival Presented with Kehillah High, J Teens, BBYO and Helfman Religious School at Congregation Emanu El Directed by Patrice O’Neill USA, 2022, 90 minutes Language English Genre Documentary Pittsburghers experienced tremendous grief following the 2018 Tree of Life synagogue shooting that took 11 lives in the close-knit Squirrel […]

Sephardi: Cooking the History

Cramer-Jacobs Family Culinary Studio @ the J 5601 S Braeswood Blvd, Houston, TX

Be one of the first to enjoy a culinary experience in the Cramer-Jacobs Family Culinary Studio, the NEW hands-on culinary kitchen at the J! There are many opportunities to continue your Jewish learning journey through food. Morgan Jankovic, The Foodie Chef, will lead you in the preparation of recipes from the featured Jewish cookbook. In […]

Toddler Tales: Story & Playtime

Evelyn Rubenstein JCC 5601 S. Braeswood, Houston, TX, United States

Join your friends for Toddler Tales: Story & Play Time in the J’s indoor play space! Hear a children’s story and stay and play in the J’s indoor play space. These fun weekly story times will feature guest readers from the Houston Jewish Community and crafts that relate to the book of the week. Toddler […]

HJFF March ’68*

MFAH - Museum of Fine Arts Houston 1001 Bissonnet St, Houston, Texas

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Brown Auditorium Theater  Directed by Krzysztof Lang Poland, 2022, 118 minutes Language Polish with English Subtitles Foreign Language Title Marzec ’68 Genre Drama Evelyn Rubenstein JCC Warsaw, 1968. Hania and Janek, two students uninterested in politics, fall madly in love as the city is engulfed in protests against the […]

HJFF: America

Evelyn Rubenstein JCC 5601 S. Braeswood, Houston, TX, United States

Directed by Ofir Raul Graizer Israel, 2022, 127 minutes Language Hebrew, with English Subtitles Genre Drama Eli, an Israeli swimming instructor returns to Tel Aviv from Chicago after his estranged father dies. A series of events involving an old friend, who has a hiking accident, and his Ethiopian immigrant florist fiancée leads to a psychologically […]

Tot Shabbat & Open Gym

Evelyn Rubenstein JCC 5601 S. Braeswood, Houston, TX, United States

Celebrate Shabbat with your friends and family with open gym in the gymnastics center followed by musical services. Open gym will begin at 10:30 AM in the gymnastics center, followed by music and services at 11:30 AM. RSVPs are required and spaces are limited.

Kids Nite Out: March Madness

Children in first through fifth grade will experience our newly resurfaced basketball courts and enjoy March Madness fun at the J while parents have a night out! Directors of All American Basketball Camp will facilitate basketball games and the ultimate J March Madness tournament, plus kids will have a chance to play famous Minute to […]

HC68 Comedy Sportz

Evelyn Rubenstein JCC 5601 S. Braeswood, Houston, TX, United States

It’s time to LOL with the JCC. HC68 is going to Comedy Sportz, an interactive and improvised comedy show. Enjoy an evening of laughs and entertainment with friends.

HJFF: Karaoke

Evelyn Rubenstein JCC 5601 S. Braeswood, Houston, TX, United States

Directed by Moshe Rosenthal Israel, 2022, 100 minutes Language Hebrew with English Subtitles Genre Drama, Comedy Everything goes off-key when a charismatic bachelor moves into a suburban Tel Aviv apartment and begins to host karaoke parties in his penthouse. An older couple’s slow, safe routine is shaken after being drawn in by their new neighbor. […]

HJFF: The Art of Silence*

MFAH - Museum of Fine Arts Houston 1001 Bissonnet St, Houston, Texas

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Brown Auditorium Theater  Directed by Maurizius Staerkle Drux Switzerland, Germany, 2022, 81 minutes Language German, English, French with English Subtitles Foreign Language Title L’Art du Silence Genre Documentary Staerkle Drux’s uplifting and resonant documentary about legendary mime Marcel Marceau intertwines World War II footage, insight into Marceau’s Jewish background […]