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SUMMARY:Half a Date
DESCRIPTION:Tzvi is an ultra-Orthodox yeshiva student who arrives at the recruitment office to receive a deferral from military service. Tangled in a bureaucratic mess that threatens his status as a yeshiva student\, he encounters Carmel\, a soldier his age\, who is supposed to handle his paperwork. Alone together in the office\, their unofficial connection is a daily crossword puzzle in the newspaper\, which they solve together. For a brief moment\, they unknowingly realize that in a parallel reality\, they could have been the best of friends. Maybe even a couple. \nYear: 2025\nRuntime: 23 minutes\nGenre: Drama Short\nCountry: Israel\nLanguage: Hebrew\nSubtitle Language: English\nDirector: Eden Abitbol
URL:https://festivalsefarad.com/event/half-a-date/
LOCATION:Museum of Jewish Heritage
CATEGORIES:Film Screening
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SUMMARY:Mashhad
DESCRIPTION:Set in the holy Islamic city of Mashhad in 1930’s Iran\, Mashhad follows Miriam\, a young Jewish ghetto girl struggling to understand why her family conceal who they are. An innocent day playing with a neighborhood friend soon threatens the fragile safety of two households. Inspired by writer-director Sarah Solemani’s family history in the Mashhadi Jewish community\, the short film is an intimate portrait of religion as oppression and faith as survival; how ritual travels underground\, how adults protect children from truths too heavy to name\, and how small joys persist under watchful eyes. Produced by Reboot Studios\, Mashhad offers a rare cinematic window onto a long-suppressed chapter of Iranian Jewish life. \nYear: 2025\nRuntime: 19 minutes\nGenre: Short\nCountry: United state\nLanguage: Persian\nSubtitle Language: English\nDirector: Sarah Solemani
URL:https://festivalsefarad.com/event/mashhad/
LOCATION:Museum of Jewish Heritage
CATEGORIES:Film Screening
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SUMMARY:Hola!… Chau
DESCRIPTION:A funny\, dramatic\, and emotional story about a family reunion in Israel\, of a dysfunctional Argentinian Jewish family whose members hasn’t seen each other for ten years. The movie deals with humor\, sensitivity\, and humanity with regards to two universal subjects: the price of emigration and “A person with a disability is more than just his disability.” \nYear: 2025\nPremiere: NY Premiere\nRuntime: 85 minutes\nGenre: Comedy\, Drama\nCountry: Israel\, Argentina\nLanguage: Spanish\nSubtitle Language: Hebrew\nDirector: Yohanan Weller
URL:https://festivalsefarad.com/event/hola-chau/
LOCATION:Museum of Jewish Heritage
CATEGORIES:Film Screening
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SUMMARY:Sacred Scripts: Interwoven Letters\, Interwoven Lives
DESCRIPTION:Sacred Scripts is a six-month fellowship of the American Sephardi Federation and the Muslim American Leadership Alliance that brings together emerging Jewish and Muslim leaders to explore the shared cultural\, spiritual\, linguistic\, and artistic heritage of Hebrew and Arabic. Through 12 sessions from February–August 2026\, participants will build relationships\, foster creativity\, and develop the skills and cultural fluency needed for thoughtful interfaith leadership and community building. \n  \nPlease note: this event is invite-only\, and is part of a multi-session fellowship. For Festival Sefarad\, we are inviting a select group of young leaders to join the regular cohort.
URL:https://festivalsefarad.com/event/sacred-scripts-interwoven-letters-interwoven-lives/
LOCATION:Center for Jewish History\, 15 W 16th St\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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SUMMARY:Book of Ruth
DESCRIPTION:Ruth and Shmuel\, a young couple from the ultra-Orthodox world\, thought they knew everything about love. She\, a sensitive young mother\, constantly tests boundaries—but with grace. He\, a brilliant yeshiva student\, has a promising future in the yeshiva world. But when tragedy hits them\, everything they believed about family\, community\, parenting—and even God—is put to the test. RUTH is a moving\, intimate drama with surreal moments. A story about two people trying not to lose each other\, yet speaking different languages that widen the emotional and religious gap between them\, in a world where asking questions—especially the hard ones—is forbidden. \nYear: 2025\nPremiere: NY Premiere\nRuntime: 88 minutes\nGenre: Drama\nCountry: Israel\nLanguage: Hebrew\, French\nSubtitle Language: English\nDirector: Esti Biton Shushan
URL:https://festivalsefarad.com/event/book-of-ruth/
LOCATION:Museum of Jewish Heritage
CATEGORIES:Film Screening
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