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J Prime

Introducing J Prime! A new programming at the JCC for those 45 and beyond who are looking for fun and engaging events in the community. Learn more below.

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Overview

Join your friends and others from the Jewish community in a new programming endeavor for adults ages 45 and beyond who want to engage with peers in dynamic, fun ways across Cincinnati. J Prime is for people who are in the prime of their life: parents with high school or college students, new empty-nesters, individuals or couples with adult children or without kids, recent retirees, and all others who are looking for active, creative, and social programming and events. 

Contact Frannie Kahan at [email protected] for more information.

This program was made possible through a generous grant from the Foundation for Cincinnati Jewish Seniors.

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20’s & 30’s

Young Adult Film Festival Happy Hour + Movie Night

Off Site
Join us for the opening night of the Jewish & Israeli Film Festival! Enjoy a young adult exclusive happy hour to schmooze with friends and community before the feature film, Ethan Bloom. Your $18 ticket provides entry to the happy hour and pre-film desert reception, one drink ticket, and the film screening. All tickets must be purchased through Eventive — click Get Tickets, select “Order In-Person Film Screening Tickets” for Opening Night, and select the third option for Young Adult Ticket (Age 21-39).  About the film: After losing his mother, thirteen-year-old Ethan finds solace in the Catholic church—a refuge that feels like home, even though he was born into a Jewish family. When his father insists on a bar mitzvah and Ethan’s secret unravels at his girlfriend’s confirmation party, the young seeker must confront the lies he’s told and the grief he’s been running from. Through the wisdom of an unconventional rabbi, the love of his complicated family, and his first romance with a cowboy-boot-wearing girl who can put him in a headlock, Ethan discovers that faith isn’t about choosing sides—it’s about honoring all the messy, beautiful pieces of who we are. Content Warning: Minor drug usage Presenting Partner: Rockwern Charitable Foundation 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.
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$18
Jewish & Israeli Film Festival

Jewish and Israeli Film Festival Opening Night: Ethan Bloom

Memorial Hall OTR
Join us for opening night of the Jewish & Israeli Film Festival!
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J Members: $36 | Public: $44
Arts, Ideas & Jewish Life

Jewish and Israeli Film Festival: Sensory Screening: Ethan Bloom

Mayerson JCC
This alternate screening aims to provide a sensory-friendly environment to allow community members of all abilities to enjoy our Opening Night film.
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J Members: $12 | Public: $15
Arts, Ideas & Jewish Life

Jewish and Israeli Film Festival: Always Together

Sycamore High School
Evacuated from their Gaza border homes after October 7, a displaced twelfth grade refuses to scatter. They convince the Ministry of Education to create a special boarding school on the Dead Sea shore, to learn, and confront their shared trauma as graduation nears.
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J Members: $12 | Public: $15
Arts, Ideas & Jewish Life

Jewish and Israeli Film Festival: Frontier

Mayerson JCC
Inspired by true events, this gripping wartime drama unfolds in 1943, when a Spanish customs officer stationed in a remote Pyrenean village defies Franco’s regime and launches a daring covert operation to help Jewish refugees flee Nazi-occupied France across the treacherous mountain pass.
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J Members: $12 | Public: $15
Arts, Ideas & Jewish Life

Jewish and Israeli Film Festival: A Letter to David

Mayerson JCC
This moving retrospection is a personal cinematic letter from filmmaker Tom Shoval to David Cunio, who was taken by Hamas from the Nir Oz kibbutz on October 7, 2023, and had been held hostage in Gaza for 738 days.
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J Members: $12 | Public: $15

J Prime Committee

We are establishing a committee to help with the development of this new JCC program. Thank you to Wendy Pelberg, Rini Levy, Linda Berger, Gil Kaufman, Scott Joseph, Abby Schwartz, and Alan and Claire Eichner for joining the J Prime Committee!

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Meet the Team!

Meet our J Prime team.
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Frances Kahan

Programming Director
Arts, Ideas & Jewish Life