Tuesday, June 9, 2026
7:30 p.m.

The NEON
130 E. 5th St.,
Dayton, OH 45402

The Shabbos Goy
(USA, 2019, 7 minutes, English) • Comedy/Film Short
1 – a non-Jew who performs certain tasks which religious law prohibits a Jew from doing on the Sabbath.
2 – a human loophole. God literally forbids she turn off an appliance gone rogue, so an Orthodox Jew sets out on a quest to find someone who can.

The Cave Synagogue
(Uganda, 2025, 8 minutes, Luganda with English subtitles) • Documentary/Film Short
The Cave Synagogue follows Ugandan Abayudaya elder J.J. Keki as he and his sons journey to a hidden cave where Jews worshipped in secret under Idi Amin. After Judaism was outlawed in 1972, a small group persisted. Today, J.J. returns to sing, pray, and remember.

No Harm Done
(France, 2023, 18 minutes, French with English subtitles) • Fiction/Film Short
Mila, who gave birth a week ago, is preparing with her partner Joaquim for a fateful moment: today is their son’s circumcision. Although she had never questioned the practice, the arrival of her baby and the imminence of the ceremony shatters her certainties.

Gary’s Letter
(Germany, 2025, 30 minutes, German with English subtitles) • Documentary/Film Short
At 88, Gary Sternberg revisits his past by contacting the current residents of his childhood home in Germany. Born to a Jewish father in Nazi Germany, he fled to Shanghai, survived wartime hardship, and later settled in the U.S. His return sparks a journey of remembrance and reconciliation.

JewCE: The Jewish Comic Experience
(USA, 2024, 22 minutes, English) • Documentary/Film Short
JewCE: The Jewish Comics Experience traces a century of Jewish influence on comics, from 1930s superhero origins to today’s global graphic storytelling. Featuring original art, rare issues, and cultural artifacts, the exhibit explores satire, identity, and fandom — culminating in an interactive space for reading, creating, and striking a superhero pose.