Events

HC68 Purim Party

Merfish Teen Center 9000 S. Rice, Houston, TX

Celebrate Purim with the J! Celebrate with live music, arcade games, airbrush tattoos, raffles and hamantaschen! Don't forget your Purim costume!

Houston Jewish Film Festival: June Zero

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

OPENING NIGHT  June Zero  Sunday, March 24 | 7:00 PM  Drama | Directed by Jake Paltrow 2022 | Israel | Hebrew, with English subtitles | 105 Min. | Kaplan Theatre   American filmmaker Jake Paltrow revisits the 1962 trial of Adolf Eichmann with a gripping Hebrew-language historical drama centered on three Israeli characters on the periphery […]

School’s Out Camp

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

School’s out, so let’s have some fun at the J! Kindergarten through 5th graders will stay active with counselor-led activities, camp crafts and board games plus tons of fun in the art studio, gymnastics center and aquatics complex. Camp hours are 9:00 AM - 3:30 PM and PM Care is available from 3:30 PM - […]

Opera To Go! Katie: the Strongest of the Strong

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

Opera To Go! is Houston Grand Opera’s fully staged, high-energy, 45-minute opera, sung entirely in English and designed with students and families in mind. Join HGO in the Kaplan Theatre at Evelyn Rubenstein JCC on March 25 at 11:00 a.m. for this year’s Opera to Go!, Katie: the Strongest of the Strong. ABOUT KATIE: THE […]

Houston Jewish Film Festival: Children of Nobody

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

Children of Nobody  Monday, March 25 | 7:30 PM  Drama | Directed by Erez Tadmor  2022 | Israel | Hebrew with English subtitles | 108 Min. | Kaplan Theatre Inspired by a true story, this compassionate drama tells the story of at-risk youths living on the fringe of society on the outskirts of Tel Aviv. […]

Houston Jewish Film Festival: Home

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

Home  Tuesday, March 26 | 7:30 PM  Drama | Directed by Benny Fredman   2023 Israel | Hebrew with English subtitles | 111 Min. | Kaplan Theatre This dramatic portrayal of a young and recently married Orthodox man’s dream to open a computer store in his Ultra-Orthodox neighborhood goes awry when his entire community sees […]

Event Series Houston Jewish Film Festival

Houston Jewish Film Festival: Bella!

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

Bella!  Wednesday, March 27 | 1:00 PM  Documentary | Directed by Jeff L. Lieberman 2023 | USA | English | 102 Min. | Kaplan Theatre  Guest Speaker Leandra Zarnow, author of Battling Bella, in attendance Bella Abzug, daughter of Russian Jewish immigrants, was a pivotal and trailblazing figure in 1970s politics. With her successful campaign for U.S. […]

Event Series Houston Jewish Film Festival

Houston Jewish Film Festival: Simone: Woman of the Century

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

WOMEN’S NIGHT   Simone: Woman of the Century Wednesday, March 27 | 7:30 PM  Drama | Directed by Oliver Dahan 2022 | France | French, with English subtitles | 135 Min. | Kaplan Theatre Consul General of France in Houston Valérie Baraban in attendance  Renowned French stateswoman and Holocaust survivor Simone Veil led the fight […]

Event Series Houston Jewish Film Festival

Houston Jewish Film Festival: The Artist’s Daughter

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

The Artist’s Daughter* Thursday, March 28 | 5:00 PM  Documentary | Directed by Margarita Linton and Yaniv Linton   2022 | Israel | Hebrew with English subtitles | 60 Min.   The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: The Brown Auditorium Theater Director Margarita Linton in attendance for Virtual Q&A following film Long estranged from her […]

Event Series Houston Jewish Film Festival

Houston Jewish Film Festival: Martha Liebermann

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

Martha Liebermann*  Thursday, March 28 | 7:30 PM  Drama | Directed by Stefan Bühling  2022 Germany | German with English subtitles | 88 Min.   The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: The Brown Auditorium Theater This award-winning film is the true story of Martha Liebermann, widow of towering German Jewish impressionist painter, Max Liebermann. In […]