If your tradition on December 25th includes Chinese food and a movie – or if you would like it to – come join us at the JCA for the afternoon! We’ll have a delicious Chinese buffet lunch catered by Maine Jewish Museum Director Dawn LaRochelle (who was a restaurateur and caterer in Western Massachusetts for…

A free documentary film streaming presented in partnership with the Maine Jewish Film Festival – In honor of Black History Month Friday, Feb. 4th | 12PM, Noon – Sunday, Feb. 6th | 12AM, Midnight Through interviews and archival footage, Shared Legacies tells the often forgotten story of the coalition and friendship between the Jewish and…

MJFF Special Weekend Edition Free Yom Hashoah Film Streaming & Discussion (in honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day)   April 4 – 7 You Only Die Twice When Israeli director Yair Lev’s mother inherits a house from a distant relative, she discovers that her father died ‘twice’ – as Ernst Bechinsky in Palestine and Ernst Bechinsky…

MJFF Special Weekend Edition YOM HASHOAH FILMS, DISCUSSION & OBSERVANCE – Holocaust Remembrance Day Presented by the Maine Jewish Film Festival and the JCA   Free film streaming Sunday, April 4th at 9 am – Weds., April 7th at midnight   Euphoria of Being When choreographer Reka Szabo reads a memoir by dancer Eva Fahidi,…