Events

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 […]

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. […]

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: 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 […]

Event Series Houston Jewish Film Festival

Houston Jewish Film Festival: The Dinner

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

SNEAK PREVIEW  The Dinner  Thursday, March 21 | 7:30 PM  Drama | Directed by Matti Harari and Arik Lubetzki   2020 | Israel | Hebrew and Russian with English subtitles | 79 Min. | Kaplan Theatre A smart dinner party turns into a cold buffet of secrets and lies in this gripping film. Emma and […]

Event Series Houston Jewish Film Festival

Houston Jewish Film Festival: Let the Party Begin

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

SNEAK PREVIEW   Let the Party Begin  Wednesday, March 20 | 7:30 PM  Drama | Directed by Aki Avni   2023 | Israel | Hebrew with English subtitles | 87 Min. | Kaplan Theatre  This award-winning drama is the story of the country's greatest film producer whose film wins at the Cannes Film festival. Two […]

Event Series Houston Jewish Film Festival

Houston Jewish Film Festival: Bella!

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

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY CELEBRATION  Bella!  Wednesday, March 6 | 7:30 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 […]

Comedy Night: Dan Levy

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

Join us for a night of stand-up comedy with Dan Levy! Levy’s stand-up special, Dan Levy: Lion is currently streaming on Amazon and his comedy album, Congrats on Your Success premiered at number 3 on iTunes. Dan has also made appearances on Seth Meyers, James Corden, and Comedy Central Presents. As a TV writer, Levy […]

The Crescent Circus

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

Join us for an afternoon of magic, juggling, comedy and more with the Crescent Circus! The Crescent Circus fuses international award-winning magic and circus arts featured on The Tonight Show for an interactive show the whole family can enjoy! The Crescent Circus is a husband-wife duo, Nathan Kepner and Morgan Tsu-Raun, who will be bringing […]

The Crescent Circus

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

Join us for an afternoon of magic, juggling, comedy and more with the Crescent Circus! The Crescent Circus fuses international award-winning magic and circus arts featured on The Tonight Show for an interactive show the whole family can enjoy! The Crescent Circus is a husband-wife duo, Nathan Kepner and Morgan Tsu-Raun, who will be bringing […]