JCC CHICAGO’S JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL RETURNS TO THEATERS JUNE 2024

WHAT:          

JCC Chicago’s Jewish Film Festival returns June 2024 to theaters across Chicagoland featuring 23 films including documentaries, dramas, and even comedies with special post film Q&As. Heading into its 11^th year, the JCC Chicago Jewish Film Festival has been an important and highly anticipated cultural event within the community, serving more than 35,000 filmgoers throughout Chicago to date.

The JCC Chicago Jewish Film Festival presents films that depict Jewish life, culture, history, with a mission of fostering an understanding of Jewish contributions to world culture. This year the festival is connected to the J’s mission—Growing Hope, which is designed to combat hopelessness, fear and anxiety, and to give communities tools of empathy, kindness and creativity to help build a brighter future.

WHEN:                     

Three Weekends in June 2024

June 1-2, 8-9 and 15-16

Wednesday Showings:

June 5 and 9

Plus a screening on June 23 at the Illinois Holocaust Museum

WHERE: 

Wayfarer

1850 2nd Street

Highland Park, IL 60035

Landmark Century Centre

2828 N Clark St

Chicago, IL 60657

Illinois Holocaust Museum

9603 Woods Drive

Skokie, IL 60077

Gene Siskel Film Center

164 N State St

Chicago, IL 60601

WEBSITE:               

https://jccfilmfest.jccchicago.org

ADMISSION:           

$15 per film; special festival pass pricing available for a limited time

About JCC Chicago:

JCC (Jewish Community Centers) Chicago, founded in 1903 and rooted in Jewish values, offers a life-affirming journey fostering a connected, inclusive community from birth through senior years. With a focus on growing good kids and building connections, it is JCC Chicago’s mission to strengthen the Jewish community, from generation to generation. Today, JCC Chicago serves a diverse population of more than 65,000 community members who learn, grow, and thrive through early childhood, day and overnight camps, teen, adult and family offerings, fitness and wellness, aquatics & sports and special events and happenings year-round.

With headquarters in Northbrook, JCC Chicago has over a dozen facilities that serve the greater Chicagoland area including: seven Early Childhood and Daycare Centers, nine Apachi Day Camp locations, Camp Chi Overnight Camp and Perlstein Retreat Center (located in Lake Delton, WI) and five Community Centers. For more information on JCC Chicago programming and commitment to community visit, http://www.jccchicago.org.