February 17 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
This film will also be available for a virtual 48-hr film viewing window.
Virtual viewing tickets sold separately HERE.
Virtual Viewing Region: Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Florida
2024 ∙ Documentary ∙ 100 minutes English ∙ Molly Bernstein, Phillip Dolin
Explore the work of cartoonist Art Spiegelman and the impact of his Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel Maus, about his parents’ survival of the Holocaust. A defender of free speech, Spiegelman has spoken out as book bans spread across the country.
CONTENT WARNING: antisemitism
Presenting Partner: JVS Careers
Additional partnership support from the Cincinnati Art Museum and the Holocaust Education Fund of the History Department at Miami University
SPECIAL FEATURE
DISCUSSION
Join us for an in-person post-film discussion with Ranen Omer-Sherman.
Ranen Omer-Sherman is The Jewish Heritage Fund Endowed Chair in Jewish Studies at the University of Louisville. He is the author or editor of six books including Diaspora and Zionism in Jewish American Literature (2002), Israel in Exile: Jewish Writing and the Desert (2006), The Jewish Graphic Novel: Critical Approaches (2008), Narratives of Dissent: War in Contemporary Israeli Arts and Culture (2013), Imagining Kibbutz: Visions of Utopia in Literature and Film (2015), and Amos Oz: The Legacy of a Writer in Israel and Beyond (2023), as well as numerous essays on Jewish writers from Israel and North America. He also serves as co-editor of Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies.
The Mayerson JCC Jewish & Israeli Film Festival presents a diverse, inspiring lineup of award-winning films and engaging, educational programming that connects to Jewish and Israeli stories. To see the whole 2026 lineup, click here.
