A vibrant collection of eight (8) Jewish comedy shorts celebrating sharp wit, cultural quirks, and timeless humor. From awkward family moments to bold modern mishaps, each film brings a fresh, funny spin on Jewish identity. Fast-paced, heartfelt, and delightfully offbeat, this program delivers big laughs in small doses.
The Program includes in order of screening:
Our Neighbor’s Ass
| UK | 2024 | 13 minutes | English | Director: Max Goldberg |
A widow is left with the responsibility of caring for her late husband’s donkey.
Happy BirthGay
| Israel | 2022 | 15 minutes | Hebrew w/subtitles | Director: Niv Manzur |
Ronit throws her son a grandiose surprise party, celebrating a year anniversary of his coming out of the closet. What could go wrong?
The Jews!
| USA | 2023 | 5 minutes | English | Director: Ari Frenkel |
Ari has to navigate a new, more antisemitic landscape for Jews. How will he defend himself and why can’t we all just get along?
The Doll’s House
| UK | 2023 | 14 minutes | English | Director: Tim Rogg |
A simple dollhouse becomes the humorous flashpoint for an intergenerational Passover debate about continuity and inheritance.
The Wall
| Israel | 2025 | 12 minutes | Hebrew w/subtitles | Director: Dovi Rozenberg |
Generations of IDF soldiers have had to jump over “the wall” to pass combat training, but some just cannot do it, no matter how many times they try.
Puffs
| Israel | 2024 | 14 minutes | Hebrew w/subtitles | Director: Chaya Moshayev |
Traditional Bukhari brothers arrive early for holiday dinner at their parents’ house and find their father dead and dressed in women’s clothes, and their mother is on her way home.
The 10th Man
| UK | 2006 | 10 minutes | English | Director: Sam Leifer |
A traditional synagogue in London’s East End is looking for the 10th man for a Yom Kippur minyan.
Catalogue of Noses
| USA | 2025 | 12 minutes | English | Director: Jose Andrews |
Musical comedy about a Jewish teen who, on the day of her scheduled nose surgery, faces off with her mother, a plastic surgeon, and the weight of her cultural identity.
The writer of Catalogue of Noses, Lauren Schaffel, will attend our screening and will talk with the audience after the program.