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SJCC Jewish film festival slates screening of ‘Burt’
The Nov. 15 film festival showing at the Schenectady JCC will be followed by a Zoom conversation with director Joe Burke.
The Jewish World
Nov 12, 2026
Culture
Arts & Entertainment
B’nai Sholom lists screening of ‘Dust Bowls and Jewish Souls’ on November 14
A documentary about how Woody Guthrie embraced Jewish culture comes to an Albany synagogue for one evening.
The Jewish World
Nov 12, 2026
Culture
Arts & Entertainment
[Past event] Kristallnacht Interfaith Commemoration to feature premiere of ‘This Ordinary Thing’
The 34th annual Capital Region commemoration will screen a film about ordinary people who risked their lives to rescue Jews.
The Jewish World
Nov 9, 2026
Culture
Arts & Entertainment
A paternity search and a son’s quest to aid his mom featured in ‘Boy From The North Country’
Mindy Holland reviews Sam Sussman’s novel about a son helping his ill mother and searching for the truth about his father.
Mindy Holland
Nov 5, 2026
Culture
Arts & Entertainment
[Past event] The SJCC Jewish Film Festival to start with ‘Tatami’ on Oct. 17
SJCC’s monthly Jewish Film Festival runs October through April, opening with the Iranian judo documentary “Tatami” on Oct. 17.
The Jewish World
Oct 8, 2026
Culture
Arts & Entertainment
A golem and a jinni find love on the Lower East Side
Mindy Holland revisits Helene Wecker’s Golem and the Jinni trilogy as its final book, The Gates of Midnight, arrives.
Mindy Holland
Oct 8, 2026