JFamily Challah Train Nominations 2024-2025

Choo Choo! Would you like to nominate a family to hop aboard the JFamily Challah Train and receive a challah (and bag of goodies) just in time for Shabbat? Our Parent Connectors are out in the community each week delivering a Shabbat treat for families in need of a "warm hug" or those celebrating a ...

Detroit Jewish Film Festival: Torn

The Berman Center For The Performing Arts 6600 W Maple Rd,

Documentary / USA / English / 75 minutes After the October 7 attacks, artists Nitzan Mintz and Dede Bandaid launched the “Kidnapped from Israel” grassroots poster campaign in NY to raise awareness about the hostages taken by Hamas. Torn explores the motivations of activists putting up and tearing down the posters, revealing the complexities of ...

Detroit Jewish Film Festival: For the Living

The Berman Center For The Performing Arts 6600 W Maple Rd,

Documentary / USA /English / 117 minutes In 1945, 10-year-old Holocaust survivor Marcel Zielinski made a 60-mile journey by foot from Auschwitz-Birkenau to Krakow in search of his family. Decades later, 250 cyclists retrace his path in a mission called Ride for the Living. This powerful documentary draws parallels between his experience and the cyclists’ ...

Detroit Jewish Film Festival: Bad Shabbos with Comedy Short Sauna Dreams

The Berman Center For The Performing Arts 6600 W Maple Rd,

Comedy / USA / English / 84 minutes David and his fiancée Meg attend a Shabbat dinner at his mother’s house to introduce her Catholic parents to his Jewish family. When a turn of events leads to a frantic cover-up, the evening spirals into darkly comedic chaos. Uproariously funny with a cast featuring Emmy-winner Kyra ...