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Festival Events Around Maplewood

New Jersey Jewish Film Festival

Schedule: NOON–2PM - Of Dogs and Men Hebrew with English subtitles Filmed on location in Kibbutz Nir Oz shortly after October 7, 2023 — and with the participation of October 7 survivors — a 16-year-old girl…

Sunday, Mar 23, 2025 at 12:00 p.m. ET

JCC MetroWest - Maurice Levin Theater, West Orange, NJ
New Jersey Jewish Film Festival

Schedule: 7– 9:30PM - The Spoils Shot over four years, this ironic documentary profiles the Düsseldorf City Museum’s floundering attempts to honor German-Jewish art dealer Max Stern and explores the still-raging…

Monday, Mar 24, 2025 at 7:00 p.m. ET

JCC MetroWest - Maurice Levin Theater, West Orange, NJ
New Jersey Jewish Film Festival

Schedule: 7– 9:30PM - Come Closer Hebrew with English subtitles When her beloved younger brother suddenly dies, Eden is drawn into an obsessive relationship with the girlfriend he kept secret.

Tuesday, Mar 25, 2025 at 7:00 p.m. ET

JCC MetroWest - Maurice Levin Theater, West Orange, NJ
New Jersey Jewish Film Festival

Schedule: 1– 3:15PM - Diane Warren: Relentless Diane Warren is one of the most prolific and successful songwriters of all time.

Wednesday, Mar 26, 2025 at 1:00 p.m. ET

JCC MetroWest - Maurice Levin Theater, West Orange, NJ
New Jersey Jewish Film Festival

Schedule: NOON–2PM Total running time: 110 minutes All short films have English subtitles Goodman USA, Ben Rosenbach, 14 minutes The Cave Synagogue USA, Peter Decherney, 8 minutes The Holiness Israel, Daniel Moreshet 17 minutes Lion of…

Friday, Mar 28, 2025 at 12:00 p.m. ET

JCC MetroWest - Maurice Levin Theater, West Orange, NJ
No Man's Land Film Festival - Newark

Celebrate 4 years of Rise Outside with our second annual screening of the No Man's Land Film Festival!

Friday, Mar 28, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. ET

Newark Local Beer, Newark, NJ
Newark No Man's Land Film Festival

Celebrate 4 years of Rise Outside with our second annual screening of the No Man's Land Film Festival!

Friday, Mar 28, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. ET

Newark Local Beer, Newark, NJ
Garden State Film Festival

23rd Annual Garden State Film Festival Schedule: 10:30 AM-12:30 PM CT35 - The Audition - Kid President - Good Enough - Niko Newark - A Perfect Clinton - Playing With Incredible Minds 1:00-3:00 PM CT36 - Long Day - You Don’t Even Look…

Saturday, Mar 29, 2025 at 10:30 a.m. ET

The Cranford Theater, Cranford, NJ
New Jersey Jewish Film Festival

Schedule: 9–11pm - Matchmaking 2 Hebrew With English Subtitles Picking Up After The Events Of Matchmaking, Moti And Nechama Navigate Their Next Steps While His Friend, Baruch, Embarks On His Own Quest To Find A Bride.

Saturday, Mar 29, 2025 at 9:00 p.m. ET

JCC MetroWest - Maurice Levin Theater, West Orange, NJ
New Jersey Jewish Film Festival

Schedule: 3-5:30 Pm - The Ring In 1944 Hungary, A Young Jewish Woman Saves Herself And Her Infant Son By Bribing A Soldier With Her Gold Ring.

Sunday, Mar 30, 2025 at 3:00 p.m. ET

JCC MetroWest - Maurice Levin Theater, West Orange, NJ
New Jersey Jewish Film Festival

Schedule: 7-9:30 Pm - Jerry's Last Mission English And Japanese With English Subtitles This Documentary Profiles Newark-born Jerry Yellin, A World War Ii Combat Pilot Who Overcame Prejudice And Ptsd To Devote His Golden Years To Teaching Humanism…

Monday, Mar 31, 2025 at 7:00 p.m. ET

JCC MetroWest - Maurice Levin Theater, West Orange, NJ
New Jersey Jewish Film Festival

Schedule: 7-9:30 Pm Hemda (Bliss) This Gentle Drama, Spiced With Humor, Follows A Long-married Couple (Israeli Acting Legends Sasson Gabay And Assi Levy) Whose Bond Is Tested By The Dual Returns Of Their Teenage Grandson And A Figure From Their…

Tuesday, Apr 1, 2025 at 7:00 p.m. ET

JCC MetroWest - Maurice Levin Theater, West Orange, NJ
New Jersey Jewish Film Festival

Schedule: 1-3pm - Colleyville This Documentary By Dani Menkin (On The Map, Aulcie) Uses Never-before-seen Surveillance Footage And Interviews With All Those Involved To Examine The January 2022 Texas Synagogue Hostage Siege, From Which Every…

Wednesday, Apr 2, 2025 at 1:00 p.m. ET

JCC MetroWest - Maurice Levin Theater, West Orange, NJ
New Jersey Jewish Film Festival

Schedule: 9-11pm - Mazel Tov In This Comedy, A Jewish-argentinian Patriarch Passes Away Just Before A Family Wedding And A Bat Mitzvah, Leaving His Four Children To Navigate Their Grief, Eccentric Grudges, And Unfinished Business Together.

Saturday, Apr 5, 2025 at 9:00 p.m. ET

JCC MetroWest - Maurice Levin Theater, West Orange, NJ
Earth Day Celebration and Music Festival

Celebrate our planet with live music, eco-friendly activities, green vendors and good vibes at the Earth Day Celebration and Music Festival Come join us for a day filled with earth-friendly fun and music at the Earth Day Celebration and…

Sunday, Apr 27, 2025 at 11:00 a.m. ET

Monroe Center, Hoboken, NJ

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