Please note: Every ticket to A Jew Walks Into a Bar and American Birthright automatically comes with a ticket to <a href="https://watch.eventive.org/sjcff2022/play/61c611515a819200d56d1f04/61c614095a819200d56d1fc0" target="_blank" class="ql-size-large">the Q&amp;A with A Jew Walks Into a Bar director Jon Miller</a>.

David Finklestein is an ultra-Orthodox Jew who belongs to a secluded Brooklyn sect. He’s also a talented, aspiring stand-up comedian who finds comedy an essential outlet for his crippling anxiety. When David is offered a career-making show that falls on the Sabbath, he must finally make a choice between the life he wants and the life he’s always known.

A Jew Walks into a Bar

David Finklestein is an ultra-Orthodox Jew who belongs to a secluded Brooklyn sect. He’s also a talented, aspiring stand-up comedian.

American Birthright explores intermarriage and cultural and religious self-identification through the eyes of Becky Tahel, an Israeli-American coming to grips with her younger sister's recent interfaith marriage. Becky goes on a quest to survey the country at large (across all cultures, faiths, and beliefs) about what it means to choose love over tradition, or what it means to do the very opposite. At every stage, Becky reflects on two basic questions that underlie her journey and the larger American story: First, what claim do our ancestors have on how we live our lives? And second, what do we give up -- or gain -- by following the heart rather than heritage?

American Birthright

"American Birthright" explores intermarriage and cultural and religious self-identification through the eyes of Becky Tahel, an Israeli-American coming to grips with her sister's interfaith marriage.

Q&A with "American Birthright" director Becky Tahel

Director Becky Tahel discusses the making of -- and inspiration behind -- her debut feature, "American Birthright," with guest moderator Mary Pat Treuthart, co-host of KPBX's "Movies 101."

"American Birthright" (shown with "A Jew Walks into a Bar")

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Since 2005, the Spokane Jewish Cultural Film Festival has brought to Spokane international films that share Jewish life and culture with the community. We continue this year with six features and five shorts that offer fascinating glimpses into the diversity of Jewish experiences around the world.

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