This program features seven (7) short films from around the world about Jewish faith, each offering a unique lens on ritual, identity, community, and spiritual resilience. Together they create a vivid global mosaic, blending personal stories and cultural perspectives to illuminate the richness and contemporary diversity of Jewish life.
The Program includes, in order of screening:
The Holiness
| Israel | 2025 | 16 minutes | Hebrew w/subtitles | Director: Daniel Morshet |
A religious Jewish couple who secretly embrace a secular life behind closed doors are discovered by their daughter.
The Last Jews of Guantanamo
| Cuba | 2025 | 13 minutes | Spanish w/subtitles | Director: Yael Bridge |
A rare glimpse into the lives, traditions, and daily routines of Jewish families maintaining their faith and culture in Cuba’s Guantánamo region.
Unraveled
| USA | 2025 | 14 minutes | English | Director: Yale Fried |
On the verge of his Bar Mitzvah, Simon’s recurring nightmares about dropping the Torah threaten to derail his big day.
The Cave Synagogue
| Israel | 2024 | 7 minutes | Luganda w/subtitles | Director: Peter Decherney |
Ugandan Abayudaya (Jewish elder) hikes and sings with his sons on their way to the cave synagogue where Jews prayed in secret during the dictatorship of Idi Amin.
The Kosher Test
| Israel | 2024 | 15 minutes | Hebrew w/subtitles | Director: Riki Rotter |
In an ultra-Orthodox community, a father takes his 14-year-old daughter, whom he suspects has engaged in sexual activity, to undergo a virginity test at the hospital.
The Orange at the Seder
| USA | 2024 | 14 minutes | English | Director: Jacob Combs |
A young queer man upends the traditions of his beloved mentor’s all-LGBTQ Passover seder when he brings his first-ever girlfriend to dinner.
The Father, The Son and Rav Kamenson
| France | 2023 | 15 minutes | French w/subtitles | Director: Dayan D. Oualid |
A charismatic Lubavitch rabbi visits a small community of devout followers one Shabbat and challenges a father by announcing to him that his 6-year-old son “is lighting up”.