Latin Jewish Film Festival
April 23 at 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm
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An Evening with Ruth Behar: Adio Kerida Screening, Q&A and Book Signing
The 2026 Latin Jewish Film Festival opens with one of the most beloved works in Latin-Jewish cinema.
Adio Kerida (Goodbye Dear Love) is a deeply personal documentary by acclaimed filmmaker, anthropologist, and MacArthur Fellow Ruth Behar — a search for identity and history among Sephardic Jews with roots in Cuba. Intimate interviews with Sephardic Jews in Cuba and Cuban Miami, woven together with family stories and probing footage of dilapidated Jewish cemeteries and new Judaic rituals in Cuba, create a filmic memoir that offers a uniquely poetic and humanistic anthropological vision.
Date: April 23
Time: 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Location: CSUN – Armer Theater
Cost:
$10 CSUN Alumni tickets (use code CSUNALUMNI)
$18 – Individual tickets
Following the screening, Ruth Behar will join us in person for a moderated Q&A — a rare opportunity to hear directly from the filmmaker about the making of this intimate and celebrated work, and what it means to hold two homelands in your heart.
The evening concludes with a book signing of Behar’s Across So Many Seas, her luminous memoir tracing a Sephardic Jewish family’s journey from the Ottoman Empire to Cuba to the United States — a story of belonging, loss, and identity across centuries. (Books available for purchase for $10)
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Jewtina y Co.’s Latin-Jewish Film Festival takes place across Los Angeles, celebrating Latin-Jewish identity through cinema. Three carefully curated films will be screened over two months, bringing together Los Angeles’ Jewish community for an exploration of multicultural Jewish identities, Latin American culture, and meaningful cross-cultural dialogue.
Hosted at venues throughout the city, the festival highlights diverse Jewish narratives from Latin America, fostering cultural understanding and community connection. It creates essential spaces for Latin-Jewish young adults and community members to see their experiences authentically reflected on screen — while building bridges across Los Angeles’ varied Jewish communities.
