The Jewish Community Center of Youngstown presents the 2021 Youngstown Area Jewish Film Festival, with seven movies through Sunday, November 7. The Festival takes participants on a cinematic, cultural journey with films from all over the world, that depict a broad spectrum of Jewish life. The schedule and more information can be found at jccyoungstown.org.
MIRACLE OF MIRACLES
Thursday, October 7
7:00 p.m. | Documentary
Multi Purpose Room
JCC of Youngstown
Chronicles the story of the international Broadway blockbuster "Fiddler on the Roof" – exploring the unexpected richness of its themes as well as its vast reach across time and cultures.
SHARED LEGACIES
Sunday, October 10
4:00 p.m. | Documentary
Butler Institute of American Art
524 Wick Ave., Youngstown
The crucial historical lessons of Black-Jewish cooperation are revisited and revived in this utterly fascinating, urgent call to action.
THE LAST SUIT
Monday, October 11
6:00 p.m. | Drama
Youngstown Historical Center of Industry and Labor
Abraham Bursztein, an 88 year-old Jewish tailor, runs away from Buenos Aires to Poland, where he proposes to find a friend who saved him from certain death at the end of World War II.
Includes a discussion with Dr. Stephanie Pridgeon from Bates College.
Part of the Hispanic Heritage Month events at YSU
FREE ADMISSION
THOSE WHO REMAINED
Thursday, October 14
7:00 p.m. | Drama
Multi Purpose Room
JCC of Youngstown
A lyrical story of the healing power of love in the midst of national conflict, loss, and trauma, revealing the healing process of Holocaust survivors through the eyes of a young girl in post-World War II Hungary.
JEWS & BASEBALL
Tuesday, October 19
6:30 p.m. | Documentary
Multi Purpose Room
JCC of Youngstown
This film traces the Jewish involvement in the history of the sport from the game's earliest days, through the tumultuous war years to today's All-Star games.
SYNDROME K
Wednesday, November 3
7:00 p.m. | Documentary
Multi Purpose Room
JCC of Youngstown
Syndrome K is the true story about a highly contagious, highly fictitious disease created by three Roman Catholic doctors during the holocaust to hide Jews in a Vatican-affiliated hospital.
BROKEN MIRRORS
Sunday, November 7
2:30 p.m. | Drama
Multi Purpose Room
JCC of Youngstown
Shadowed by a strict, military father who inflicts severe methods of punishment as a form of discipline, seventeen year old Ariella commits a grave error that her father isn't willing to punish her for.
Couples Pass - $45
Festival Pass - $30
Individual Movie - $7
