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Rochester Jewish Film Festival
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Rochester Jewish Film Fest takes the cultural temperature
With few in-person screenings, the mostly virtual 2021 Rochester Jewish Film Festival includes relevant themes and local connections.
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JCC launches outdoor summer performances on Canalside Stage
A tented outdoor stage on the tennis courts of the JCC of Greater Rochester will host a summer performing arts series.
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Preview: Rochester Jewish Film Festival
The eight-day festival will run from Sunday, July 7 through Monday, July 14 showcasing a collection of 26 films that includes entries from 18 countries, including 13 feature-length narratives, 12 feature-length documentaries, and one special event screening of the first two episodes of popular new Israeli television series “The Conductor.”
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The 15th Annual JCC Rochester Jewish Film Festival
The Rochester Jewish Film Festival celebrates its 15th year with one of its largest festivals.
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Rochester Jewish Film Festival 2014
We’ve nearly reached the midpoint of the summer season, meaning it’s once again time for the Rochester Jewish Film Festival, the JCC’s annual presentation of some of the world’s best in contemporary film focusing on the Jewish cultural experience. Now in its 14th year, the festival continues to expand, screening a record 27 films (including […]
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What we can learn about acceptance
Now in its fifth year, the Rochester Jewish Film Festival continues its young tradition of combing the globe to present the finest films on the subject of Judaism and the Jewish experience. RJFF screens 17 films — documentaries, features, and shorts — at the Little Theatre and the Dryden Theatre. Highlights of the 2005 installment […]
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Jewish film from all the unfamiliar places
It all started with Shoestring, and the 2004 installment of the Rochester Jewish Film Festival, July 11 through July 18, means that festival season is officially underway. Over 100 films were considered in the festival’s fourth year; 16 made the final cut. The majority of the selections are documentaries that look at the Jewish experience […]
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The strange, the kinky, and the Krispy
If the air outside is thick enough to cut with a knife, that means it’s time for the Rochester Jewish Film Festival. The festival opens this Sunday (July 13) and continues through the following Sunday (July 20), with all screenings taking place at either the Dryden Theatre or the Little Theatre. City has the inside […]
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The Believer highlights second Jewish film fest
The bulk of Rochester’s film festival season doesn’t begin until October with the ImageOut and High Falls fests, but if you just can’t wait until the leaves change color, you’re in luck. The second annual Rochester Jewish Film Festival kicks off this Sunday, offering a diverse batch of features and shorts that will appeal to […]
