Santa Cruz Jewish Film Festival

Celebrating the richness and diversity of the Jewish world through the magical lens of multimedia.

Admission to all 2024 SCJFF films and events is free to the pubic with donations gratefully requested.

Festival Schedule:

7:00pm: SPACE TORAH

Dr. Jeffrey Hoffman realized a childhood dream and became an astronaut. He was a key member of the spacewalking team and had five missions on the Space Shuttle. On his final flight he brought a small Torah with him and read from the book of Genesis while soaring through space.

followed at 7:30 pm by BETWEEN THE STONE & THE FLOWER

Born in Havana, Cuba, and raised in Miami, Genie Milgram was steeped in Roman Catholicism from childhood but felt disconnected with her Catholic upbringing. Tracing her genealogy all the way back to the Great Inquisition she discovers her family's Jewish roots in the Iberian Peninsula. This is the untold story of the crypto-Jews who converted to Catholicism but continued to practice Judaism in secret.

Location: Chadeish Yameina / Center for Spiritual Living