St. Louis Jewish Film Festival - Opening Day Double Feature

The 30^th Anniversary of the St. Louis Jewish Film Festival kicks off with a double feature that both shines light on the past and looks into the future! Get two films for the price of one PLUS an exclusive discussion panel afterwards featuring the creator and participants of Names Not Numbers, including a local Holocaust survivor that was interviewed for the film.

First: Fiddler on the Moon

If Jews were part of a human colony on Mars, which has longer days and longer years, how would they keep the High Holidays in sync with their Earthbound Jewish brethren? How do Jewish astronauts observe the Sabbath in space? Who are some of the famous Jews who helped in the space race and journeyed into the heavens? This documentary will answer questions you didn’t even know to ask! It’s a retrospective and future thinking film about Judaism that knows no bounds!

Country: USA 

Language: English

Directors: Seth Kramer, Daniel A. Miller, and Jeremy Newberger

Duration: 30 minutes

Genre: Documentary

Trailer: Fiddler on the Moon

 

Second: Names, Not Numbers®

Guided by local journalists, Ellen Futterman (Editor-in-Chief, St. Louis Jewish Light) and Shula Neuman (former Executive Editor at St. Louis Public Radio), a group of students from Epstein Hebrew Academy take on what seems like a simple project: interviewing Holocaust Survivors in this 2024 documentary film Names, Not Numbers® . But as they listen to firsthand stories of resilience and survival, the project becomes something more - something deeply personal and transforming. With Antisemitism and discrimination of all forms on the rise, the students realize the critical importance of keeping these stories of survivors alive. Moreover, by giving a voice to those who lived through unimaginable darkness, the students begin to appreciate the value these stories have in fighting hate and discrimination in the present. Heartfelt and timely, this film shows the power of intergenerational connection, the precious benefits of bearing witness and the importance of never giving up.

Country: USA 

Language: English

Director: Michael Puro

Duration: 54 minutes

Genre: Documentary

Trailer: Names Not Numbers

Names, Not Numbers® INC: an interactive, multi-media Holocaust film documentary project created by educator, Tova Fish-Rosenberg. www.namesnotnumbers.org

Names, Not Numbers ® Program is generously supported by a prominent national foundation.