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San Francisco Jewish Film Festival 2024

"The Ride Ahead" uses a blend of cinematic techniques, including animation, to tell a compelling coming-of-age story. (SFJFF)
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S.F. Jewish Film Festival: ‘The Ride Ahead’ follows a young disabled man’s quest to live independently

Denise Sherer Jacobson (Courtesy) by Denise Sherer Jacobson July 22, 2024July 23, 2024

J. is a media sponsor of the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival. See full coverage here. “What is the biggest risk you have taken in your life?” That is the profound […]

Mallory Lewis, Shari Lewis’ daughter, smiles as she holds Lamb Chop during the opening night of the S.F. Jewish Film Festival at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, July 18, 2024. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
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Lamb Chop at S.F. Jewish Film Fest opening night: ‘I 100% identify as a Jew!’

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky July 19, 2024July 22, 2024
The cast and crew of "The Assembly" entering the gates of Auschwitz, Oct. 16, 2022. (SFJFF)
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S.F. Jewish Film Festival: ‘The Assembly’ sees the Holocaust through young musicians’ eyes

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent July 19, 2024July 22, 2024
In "Lyd," the real-world documentary segments of the movie are intercut with animated visions of an alternate reality, in which the Palestinian city of Lyd never became the Israeli city of Lod. (Screenshot)
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S.F. Jewish Film Festival: Sci-fi documentary ‘Lyd’ tells two histories of one city

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky July 16, 2024November 28, 2025
"Jews By Choice" screens July 26 in San Francisco and Aug. 1 in Oakland. (SFJFF)
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S.F. Jewish Film Festival: What does it mean to convert to Judaism in a land with no Jews?

by Sue Fishkoff July 15, 2024July 16, 2024
Rebbetzin Hadassah Gross, the alter ego of Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie. (SFJFF)
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S.F. Jewish Film Festival: ‘Sabbath Queen’ follows drag queen rabbi over two decades

Eli Andrew Ramer (Courtesy) by Eli Andrew Ramer July 12, 2024July 12, 2024
(From left) Steven Skybell, Jonah Weinstein, Yair Ben-Dor, Lori Wilner and Suzanne Toren in "The Eighth Day." (Courtesy)
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The circumcision debate can be messy. In our film, we wanted to make it funny.

Jonah Weinstein by Jonah Weinstein July 12, 2024July 12, 2024
A deli worker talks movies with a customer in the new San Francisco Jewish Film Festival trailer. (SFJFF)
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Exclusive: Watch the new S.F. Jewish Film Festival trailer!

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky July 12, 2024July 12, 2024
Lidia Perez (right) celebrates Hanukkah with her daughter in a scene from “Los Últimos Judíos de Guantánamo.” (SFJFF)
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S.F. Jewish Film Festival: Northern California filmmaker visits the ‘Last Jews of Guantanamo’

Laura Pall by Laura Paull July 11, 2024July 12, 2024
Sasson Gabay in "My Daughter, My Love" (SFJFF)
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S.F. Jewish Film Festival: ‘My Daughter, My Love’ untangles a quiet but desperate family drama in Paris

by Sue Fishkoff July 11, 2024July 12, 2024

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