Louisville Jewish Film Festival: Fledge Virtual Film
A folkloric fantasy based on Slavic mythology combined with a realistic coming-of-age story. Elina, an immigrant teenage girl has inherited from her grandmother … Read More
A folkloric fantasy based on Slavic mythology combined with a realistic coming-of-age story. Elina, an immigrant teenage girl has inherited from her grandmother … Read More
When a high-end design firm presents its plan to reimagine the gift shop at The Anne Frank Haus, the company’s overt appeals to Gen Z spark a darkly comic debate … Read More
In one unflinching shot, this story reveals a day in the life of a Yiddish Ukrainian village on the Polish border 24 hours before the Nazi invasion … Read More
Apolitical students Hania and Janek fall in love in the midst of social turmoil and discrimination against Jews in 1960s Warsaw. When Hania’s parents lose their jobs … Read More
By Sara Klein Wagner Every week, Jewish congregations across the globe take a Torah scroll from the ark in an annual cycle of study and renewal. The readers may be rabbis or cantors in front of congregations, or they may … Read More
By Lee Chottiner Community Editor Despite the pandemic that has now lasted two years, the Louisville Jewish Film Festival (LJFF) is slowly reentering the cinema. Tricia Kling Siegwald, senior director of festivals & special projects at the Jewish Community of … Read More
By Lee Chottiner Community Editor For the first time in 18 years, the Louisville Jewish Film Festival (LJFF) is about to change hands. Marsha Bornstein, director of the LJFF since 2005, has announced her retirement in November, but will assist … Read More
By Lee Chottiner Community Editor In every generation, according to tradition, Jews have come face to face with Amalek, an enemy first revealed to them in the wilderness during the Exodus. Jews believe that Amalek has taken many forms over … Read More
By Lee Chottiner Community Editor Pandemic or no pandemic, the 23rd Louisville Jewish Film Festival (LJFF) will happen in February as scheduled. But it won’t take place in a theater. Blame COVID-19. Because of the disease that has killed more … Read More