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San Francisco Jewish Film Festival

A still from "Tell Me Everything," the opening night film of the 2026 San Francisco Jewish Film Festival. (Courtesy SFJFF)
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San Francisco Jewish Film Festival’s 2026 lineup: 65 films and an award for Rachel Bloom

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb June 17, 2026June 18, 2026

The lineup for the 46th annual San Francisco Jewish Film Festival boasts 65 films from 17 countries, including eight world premieres — a record number for the event. The SFJFF, […]

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S.F. Jewish Film Festival shines a spotlight on local talent, stories

Leslie Katz by Leslie Katz July 10, 2025July 14, 2025
“Coexistence, My Ass!” is SFJFF's opening-night film. The documentary features former U.N. diplomat turned standup comedian Noam Shuster-Eliassi examining her shifting perspective on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. (Courtesy SFJFF)
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45th SFJFF focuses on independent films that help ‘make sense of the moment’

by Sue Fishkoff June 17, 2025July 3, 2025
If Catholic in-laws weren't enough, there's a dead body, too, in "Bad Shabbos."
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In-laws-to-be and a dead body make for a ‘Bad Shabbos’

by J. Staff May 15, 2025May 15, 2025
Attendees line up for opening night of the 2022 San Francisco Jewish Film Festival at the Castro Theater. (David A.M. Wilensky/J. Staff)
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S.F. Jewish Film Festival org loses two NEA grants

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 6, 2025May 7, 2025
Attendees line up for opening night of the 2022 San Francisco Jewish Film Festival at the Castro Theater. (David A.M. Wilensky/J. Staff)
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Jewish cultural institutions reeling as Trump defunds arts and humanities

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev April 9, 2025April 13, 2025
“Remembering Gene Wilder” was the opening film of the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival at the Castro Theater, July 20, 2023. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
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PHOTOS: Applause for Gene Wilder and Hollywood strikes at SFJFF opening night

by J. Staff July 21, 2023July 21, 2023
Rabbi Tamar Manasseh speaks at her ordination at Beth Shalom B'nai Zaken Ethiopian Hebrew Congregation in Chicago, July 2021. (Photo/Courtesy Brad Rothschild)
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In ‘Rabbi on the Block,’ meet the first woman to become a Hebrew Israelite rabbi

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten July 17, 2023February 15, 2024
San Francisco Jewish Film Festival co-directors Deborah Kaufman and Janis Plotkin in 1991 on the balcony of the Castro Theatre. (Photo/File)
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Wilder, Abzug, Vishniac: How we covered S.F. Jewish Film Fest headliners over the years

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky July 14, 2023July 14, 2023
a young woman holds up american and israeli flags made from construction paper
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Were young American Jews lied to about Israel? A new documentary says yes

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