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Filmmaker Levi Zini The LIVE Q&A is included with the purchase of your ticket. You will use the same Eventive link to watch both the film and the LIVE Q&A. Questions may be sent in advance to cjff@jccchicago.org.

Filmmaker Bernadette Wegenstein The LIVE Q&A is included with the purchase of your ticket. You will use the same Eventive link to watch both the film and the LIVE Q&A. Questions may be sent in advance to cjff@jccchicago.org.

Discussion with Filmmaker Ameen Nayfeh The LIVE Q&A is included with the purchase of your ticket. You will use the same Eventive link to watch both the film and the LIVE Q&A. Questions may be sent in advance to cjff@jccchicago.org.

Discussion with Filmmaker Nistan Tal The LIVE Q&A is included with the purchase of your ticket. You will use the same Eventive link to watch both the film and the LIVE Q&A. Questions may be sent in advance to cjff@jccchicago.org.

Enjoy the JCC Chicago Jewish Film Festival throughout Hanukkah with 8 nights of new and exciting films plus talkbacks with the films’ producers, directors, or actors. Reserve your seat today!

Cost: $36 for 8 Films

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Kick off the first night of Hanukkah with this FREE, family-friendly film.

“The Broken Candle” tells the heartwarming tale of Nira, a broken Hanukkah candle who becomes the shamash (“lead candle” of the Hanukkah) on the last night of the Festival...

Join the JCC Chicago Jewish Film Festival and Yachad to spend some time with your old friends Tevye, Golde, Lazar Wolf and the rest of the Fiddler family for a robust and exciting Fiddler on the Roof Sing-a-long! Directed by...

Passage to Sweden, a documentary produced and directed by Suzannah Warlick, tells a compelling story about European Jews who escaped to freedom and safety in Sweden and events that occurred in Scandinavia and Budapest during World War II. The documentary...

This January, the JCC Chicago Jewish Film Festival is back with our second virtual Social Justice Film Series. Our kickoff to 2022 is comprised of five highly compelling films, all films will have a LIVE Q&A. This series focuses on...

April 9, 1940: Denmark is invaded by Nazi Germany with demands for immediate and unconditional surrender. The government surrenders after a few hours and begins cooperating with the Nazis. On the other side of the Atlantic is Denmark’s ambassador to...

Discussion with Filmmaker Christina Rosendahl The LIVE Q&A is included with the purchase of your ticket. You will use the same Eventive link to watch both the film and the LIVE Q&A. Questions may be sent in advance to cjff@jccchicago.org.

Stan Ulam is a 30-year-old talented Polish Jewish mathematician, a good-looking bon vivant who is quick with a joke. Stan’s life becomes complicated when he loses his fellowship at Harvard but his best friend, the Hungarian genius Johnny von Neumann...

The JCC Chicago Jewish Film Festival is back with 18 films in a hybrid format for Spring! Films are streaming for three weekends, and we will be in-theater for three Sundays with a number of those films.