Events

HJFF: More Than I Deserve

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

Directed by Pini Tavger Israel, Germany, 2021, 82 minutes Language English and Russian with English Subtitles Foreign Language Title Yoter Mema Shemagia Li Genre Drama This sweet coming-of-age drama portrays a single mother and her 12-year-old son who recently immigrated to Israel from Ukraine. The son, Pinchas, tries to fit in and starts studying for […]

HJFF: J’Accuse

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

Director Michael Kretzmer in attendance for Post Film Q&A Directed by Michael Kretzmer United Kingdom, 2022, 87 minutes Language English Genre Documentary This chilling Holocaust documentary — for adult audiences only — reveals the barbaric genocide of 220,000 people, or 95% of Lithuania’s Jews. Jonas Noreika was a Nazi collaborator personally responsible for slaughtering 8,000 […]

HJFF: Barren

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

Directed by Mordechai Vardi Israel, 2022, 108 minutes Language Hebrew with English subtitles Foreign Language Title Akara Genre Drama This sensitive film — for adult audiences only — portrays a young ultra-Orthodox couple struggling to conceive their first child. The family seeks spiritual help by turning to religious customs and an itinerant “Rabbi” whose shofar-blowing […]

Love and Mazel Tov – Sip and Savor

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

Join us for a pre-film sip and savor event. What better way to gear up for this comedy of errors than with light bites and a glass of champagne before the film! Menu: Champagne strawberries Fig and brie crostini Tahini honey whipped butter over toast with tomatoes/toppings Instructor: Hannah Abney The Cramer-Jacobs Family Culinary Studio […]

HJFF: CLOSING NIGHT: Love & Mazel Tov

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

Directed by Wolfgang Mumberger Germany, 2020, 88 minutes Language German with English Subtitles Foreign Language Title Schönes Schlamassel Genre Comedy Anne, whose gentile grandparents profiteered in WWII, runs a Berlin bookstore specializing in Judaica and volunteers in a Jewish retirement home. Daniel, a newly single doctor, pretends to be Jewish at a party to impress […]

HJFF: Best of the Fest

Were you not able to make it in person for some of our films? Purchase the Best of the Fest pass to see America, Barren and Love & Mazel Tov virtually. The films will be available to watch from March 31 to April 2nd and will be sent as a direct link. $33 Member | $41 Public

Big Dreams Selfie!

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

Children's Art Workshops at the J are a great way to pop in, learn a new skill, and leave with a beautiful project! Come with old friends or make new ones when you arrive! Starting with an exciting image transfer technique, your young artists will print a self portrait on canvas and embellish it with […]

Arts in the Afternoon presents Golden Girls Tappers Plus One

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

The Golden Girl Tappers began tap dancing together in 1999 under the direction of Marjorie Swiss. Although many of the original dancers are no longer performing, there are still several originals. At the time Michael Richker joined which has been several years ago, the ensemble pivoted and renamed their group The Golden Girls Plus One […]

Humans of Tel Aviv

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

Humans of Tel Aviv will be on display in the Zinn Family Art Gallery / Boardroom. Stop by to take a look! Humans of Tel Aviv is an ongoing documentary photo series of, as the title suggests, the humans of Tel Aviv. The population of Tel Aviv includes religious Jews, Muslims and Christians alongside the […]

Photograph 51

Joe Frank Theatre @ the J 5601 S Braeswood Blvd, Houston, United States

Written by Anna Ziegler | Directed by Jennifer Decker A humorous and moving portrait of Rosalind Franklin, one of the great female scientists of the twentieth century, and her fervid drive to map the contours of the DNA molecule. A chorus of scientists relives the chase, revealing the unsung achievements of this trail-blazing, fiercely independent […]