Overview
The Mayerson JCC offers many amazing opportunities to connect with other Young Adults in the community. If you are brand new to the community or have been in Cincinnati your whole life, this is the place for you to plant your roots and connect with new and old friends!
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Schedule
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Young Adult Film Festival Happy Hour + Movie Night
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.
Jewish & Israeli Film Festival
Jewish and Israeli Film Festival Opening Night: Ethan Bloom
Join us for opening night of the Jewish & Israeli Film Festival!
Arts, Ideas & Jewish Life
Jewish and Israeli Film Festival: Sensory Screening: Ethan Bloom
This alternate screening aims to provide a sensory-friendly environment to allow community members of all abilities to enjoy our Opening Night film.
Arts, Ideas & Jewish Life
Jewish Community Day at the Cyclones
Join the Jewish community as we cheer on the Cyclones against the Toledo Walleyes to a win! All tickets include a special giveaway item. We hope to see you there!
Arts, Ideas & Jewish Life
Jewish and Israeli Film Festival: Always Together
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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