Signs of hope

How did a deaf Israeli-born teenager in New York compete in a spoken-word poetry slam and come to collaborate with a Palestinian-American poet? Discover the poetry of silence and witness a young woman’s journey as she navigates multiple cultures in the documentary “Deaf Jam,” being screened at SF IndieFest.
“Deaf Jam,” 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 18 and 5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 19 at the Roxie Theater, 3117-16th St., S.F. $11. www.roxie.com.

‘Hidden Cultures’

See what’s cooking at the Ginsbergs when Oprah Winfrey visits for Shabbat dinner on “Oprah’s Next Chapter.” The two-part special focuses on two Hassidic communities in Brooklyn and promises to reveal “the secrets to their usually private and mysterious way of life.”
9 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 12 and 10 p.m. Monday, Feb. 13 on the Oprah Winfrey Network. www.oprah.com or http://bit.ly/zXe8Eu

thursday/16

“Binah.” Shalom Auslander, author of “Hope: A Tragedy,” is in conversation with McSweeney’s Eli Horowitz. On Feb. 23 filmmaker and author Rudolph Herzog discusses his book “Dead Funny,” about humor in Hitler’s Germany. KALW 91.7 FM. 12 p.m. www.jccsf.org.

sunday/19

“Mosaic.” Host Rabbi Eric Weiss interviews Elliot Levin, Rabbi Marvin Goodman and Irene Ogus about JCF’s Legacy Project. 5 a.m. Repeats Feb. 26. KPIX Channel 5.

wednesday/22

“Shoah.” Part 1 screening of Holocaust documentary by Claude Lanzmann. Also Feb. 23. At Hillel of Stanford, 565 Mayfield Ave., Stanford. 4 to 9 p.m. Free. http://jewishstudies.stanford.edu.

thursday/23

“Joanna.” Screening of story set in Poland during World War II, directed by Feliks Falk and presented by San Francisco Jewish Film Festival. At JCC East Bay, 1414 Walnut St., Berkeley. 7:30 p.m. $6-$8. www.jcceastbay.org.

“Freilach.” Jewish-themed music program with DJ Gershom. KGGV FM 95.1 Guerneville. 8 p.m. www.kggvfm.org.