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Passover Food Drive

Stroum Jewish Community Center 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island

Stocking up on Tam Tams and macaroons? Treat a JFS client to your favorite Passover snack while you’re at it! Drop off your kosher-for-Passover donations at the J from March 13 to 24.

SJFF: DIVORCE DENIED (Virtual)

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Join us for the 2023 Seattle Jewish Film Festival virtual showing of DIVORCE DENIED. Batya, a religious lawyer, struggles against the Israeli rabbinical court’s unfair and outdated divorce process on behalf of her clients.

SJFF: THE CONSULTANT – ARTHUR FINKELSTEIN (Virtual)

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Join us for the 2023 Seattle Jewish Film Festival virtual showing of THE CONSULTANT – ARTHUR FINKELSTEIN. Conservative political consultant Arthur Finkelstein lived a double life of extreme contradictions.

SJFF: HONEY TRAP (Virtual)

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Join us for the 2023 Seattle Jewish Film Festival virtual showing of HONEY TRAP. A nuanced look at the formidable activism and struggles of Israel’s now-settled Ethiopian communities.

SJFF: THE LEVYS OF MONTICELLO (Virtual)

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Join us for the 2023 Seattle Jewish Film Festival virtual showing of THE LEVYS OF MONTICELLO. Monticello is one of the most iconic landmarks in American preservation history, but little is known about the Jewish naval officer and his family who turned it into a national treasure despite antisemitic backlash.

SJFF: THE MAN IN THE BASEMENT (Virtual)

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Join us for the 2023 Seattle Jewish Film Festivalvirtual showing of MAN IN THE BASEMENT, a suspenseful, psychological thriller about a standoff between a French couple and their new tenant, a Holocaust denier.

SJFF: RECKONINGS (Virtual)

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Join us for the 2023 Seattle Jewish Film Festival virtual showing of RECKONINGS, the fascinating, untold story of secret negotiations over reparations for Holocaust survivors and how to heal a people.

SJFF: SAVOY (Virtual)

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Join us for the 2023 Seattle Jewish Film Festival virtual showing of SAVOY. In 1975, hostage Kochava Levy bravely serves as mediator between terrorists and the IDF in a Tel Aviv hotel.

SJFF: VALIANT HEARTS (Virtual)

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Join us for the 2023 Seattle Jewish Film Festival virtual showing of VALIANT HEARTS, a true story of six Jewish children hidden during WWII among priceless artworks from the Louvre Museum.

SJFF Shorts Program: SAYING KADDISH (Virtual)

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Join us for the 2023 Seattle Jewish Film Festival virtual showing of our Shorts Program: Saying Kaddish, curated by Warren Etheredge, SJFF Shorts Program Curator and Co-Founder/Co-Artistic Director of Walla Walla Movie Crush.

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Lifeguard Certification Course – March

Stroum Jewish Community Center 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island

Get started by taking the SJCC’s Lifeguard Certification course on Mar. 18-19, and begin working at the J pool when you successfully complete the training.

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March Urban Hike with Susie

Stroum Jewish Community Center 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island

Join fitness favorite Susie Rosenstein for a series of Urban Hikes in the Seattle area. Hikes take place once a month on Sundays at 10 am.

Event Series Pickleball Clinic

Pickleball Clinic

Stroum Jewish Community Center 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island

Pickleball coach and fan favorite Max Anderson returns to the J to host a clinic geared towards beginner and intermediate players. Six classes held Sundays (Mar. 12 - Apr. 16) at noon.

$75 – $90
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SJFF: FOUR WINTERS

Stroum Jewish Community Center 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island

Join us for the 2023 Seattle Jewish Film Festival showing of FOUR WINTERS. Shattering the myth of Jewish passivity, the last surviving partisans tell their stories of Nazi resistance, revealing stunning narratives of heroism and resilience.

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SJFF: FAREWELL, MR. HAFFMANN

Stroum Jewish Community Center 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island

Join us for the 2023 Seattle Jewish Film Festival showing of FAREWELL, MR. HAFFMANN. In 1941, in occupied Paris, Jewish jeweler Joseph Haffmann proposes a risky proposition to his employee.

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SJFF: WHERE LIFE BEGINS

Stroum Jewish Community Center 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island

Join us for the 2023 Seattle Jewish Film Festival showing of WHERE LIFE BEGINS, the story of a rabbi’s rebellious daughter and a divorced farmer who both long to break free.

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SJFF Closing Night: AMERICA

Stroum Jewish Community Center 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island

Join us for the 2023 Seattle Jewish Film Festival showing of AMERICA, where swimming coach returns home to Israel and finds himself caught in a love triangle. This is the 2023 SJFF Closing Night Film + Champagne Toast.