Events

Houston Jewish Film Festival: No Name Restaurant

Kaplan Theatre @ the J 5601 S. Braeswood, Houston, TX

No Name Restaurant  Monday, April 1 | 7:30 PM  Directed by Stefan Sarazin  Comedy | Directed by Stefan Sarazin and Peter Keller   2023 | Germany | English, Arabic and Hebrew with English subtitles | 121 Min. | Kaplan Theatre Actor Luzer Twersky in attendance Alexandria, Egypt. To save the once largest Jewish community in […]

Houston Jewish Film Festival: Rabbi on the Block

Kaplan Theatre @ the J 5601 S. Braeswood, Houston, TX

Rabbi on the Block   Tuesday, April 2 | 7:30 PM  Documentary | Directed by Brad Rothschild 2023 | USA | English | 88 Min. | Kaplan Theatre  Director Brad Rothschild and Rabbi Tamar Manasseh in attendance In this engaging documentary, Tamar Menasseh, an African-American rabbi, mother and anti-gun violence advocate, brings her unusual background to […]

Event Series Houston Jewish Film Festival

Houston Jewish Film Festival: Rabbi on the Block

Kaplan Theatre @ the J 5601 S. Braeswood, Houston, TX

Rabbi on the Block   Teen Night: Wednesday, April 3 | 7:00 PM Documentary | Directed by Brad Rothschild 2023 | USA | English | 88 Min. | Kaplan Theatre  Director Brad Rothschild and Rabbi Tamar Manasseh in attendance In this engaging documentary, Tamar Menasseh, an African-American rabbi, mother and anti-gun violence advocate, brings her unusual […]

Event Series Houston Jewish Film Festival

Houston Jewish Film Festival: Love Gets a Room

Holocaust Museum Houston 5401 Caroline St, Houston, TX, United States

Love Gets a Room*  Wednesday, April 3 | 7:30 PM  Drama | Directed by Rodrigo Cortés   2022 | Spain/UK English | 103 Min. | Holocaust Museum Houston Warsaw Ghetto, 1942. Surrounded by starvation, cold and threatening Nazis, one dilapidated theater is alive with Jewish actors and musicians putting on a musical comedy for a […]

Toddler Tales: Story & Play Time

Indoor Playscape @ the J 5601 S Braeswood Blvd, Houston, Texas

Join your friends for Toddler Tales: Story & Play Time in the J's indoor playscape! Hear a children's story and stay and play in the J's indoor playscape! These fun weekly story times will feature guest readers from the Houston Jewish Community. Toddler Tales: Story & Play Time is FREE and open to the public, […]

Houston Jewish Film Festival: The Monkey House

Kaplan Theatre @ the J 5601 S. Braeswood, Houston, TX

CLOSING NIGHT  The Monkey House  Thursday, April 4 | 7:30 PM  Drama/Comedy | Directed by Avi Nesher 2023 | Israel | Hebrew with English subtitles | 128 Min. | Kaplan Theatre   Nominated for 11 Ophirs (Israeli Academy Awards), acclaimed director Avi Nesher’s intricate literary mystery follows a plot by forgotten novelist Amitay to resuscitate his […]

Open Gym & Tot Shabbat

Houston Gymnastics Center 5601 S. Braeswood, Houston, TX

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 in the atrium of the Samuels Family Community Pavilion. RSVPs are required and spaces are limited. Cost: $5 […]

“I’m Not A Comedian… I’m Lenny Bruce”

Kaplan Theatre @ the J 5601 S. Braeswood, Houston, TX

Critically-acclaimed actor Ronnie Marmo, with the blessings of Kitty Bruce (daughter of the late Lenny Bruce), along with the Lenny Bruce Foundation, will present "I'm Not A Comedian... I'm Lenny Bruce" at the J for a limited engagement two-show run on April 6 and 7. Directed by Joe Mantegna, the theatrical event starring Ronnie Marmo […]

“I’m Not A Comedian… I’m Lenny Bruce”

Kaplan Theatre @ the J 5601 S. Braeswood, Houston, TX

Critically-acclaimed actor Ronnie Marmo, with the blessings of Kitty Bruce (daughter of the late Lenny Bruce), along with the Lenny Bruce Foundation, will present "I'm Not A Comedian... I'm Lenny Bruce" at the J for a limited engagement two-show run on April 6 and 7. Directed by Joe Mantegna, the theatrical event starring Ronnie Marmo […]

An Evening Honoring Former Mayor Sylvester Turner

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

Join us for a special evening honoring former Mayor Sylvester Turner on Tuesday, April 9 at 7:00 PM in the Kaplan Theatre at the J. The evening will both honor the former Mayor for his extraordinary commitment to our community and raise needed funds to benefit the Meals on Wheels program at the J. Throughout […]