Thursday, June 4, 2026 7:30 p.m. The Roger Glass Center for the Arts 29 Creative Way, Dayton, OH,  45479 Ethan Bloom (USA, 2025, 96 minutes, English) • Drama/Comedy Thirteen-year-old Ethan Bloom is supposed to be preparing for his bar mitzvah — but despite his Jewish family, Ethan is convinced his spiritual calling is with the Catholic Church, where he secretly finds solace under the guidance of Father Diaz (Carlos Ponce). Through the wisdom of an unconventional rabbi (Rachelle Lefevre), the love of his complicated father (Joshua Malina), and his first romance with a cowboy-boot-wearing girl who can put him in...

Film dates and times are as follows: OPENING NIGHT Thursday, June 4 ~ Ethan Bloom 7:30 p.m. at The Roger Glass Center for the Arts Sunday, June 7 ~ Labors of Love 2:00 p.m. at The Boonshoft Center for Jewish Culture & Education Tuesday, June 9 ~ A Night of Short Films 7:30 p.m. at The NEON Thursday, June 11 ~ Pink Lady 7:30 p.m. at The NEON Sunday, June 14 ~ Once Upon My Mother 7:30 p.m. at The NEON Tuesday, June 16 ~ The Road Between Us 7:30 p.m. at The NEON Thursday, June 18 ~ Soda 7:30...

Sunday, June 7, 2026 2:00 p.m. The Boonshoft Center for Jewish Culture & Education 525 Versailles Dr., Centerville, OH, 45459 Labors of Love (USA, 2025, 79 minutes, English) • Documentary A visionary yet often overlooked leader, Henrietta Szold transformed the 20th century by founding Hadassah, building a modern health-care system in Palestine rooted in equality for Arabs and Jews, and later rescuing 11,000 children from Nazi Europe through Youth Aliyah. This heartfelt documentary, directed by Peabody award-winner Abby Ginzberg, brings long-overdue recognition to Szold, offering a thought-provoking look at a woman who reshaped history through compassion and an unwavering belief...

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...

Thursday, June 11, 2026 7:30 p.m. The NEON 130 E. 5th St., Dayton, OH 45402 Pink Lady (Israel, 2025, 106 minutes, Hebrew with English subtitles) • Drama In an ultra-Orthodox Jewish community in Jerusalem, Bati has a seemingly perfect life. She is happily married to Lazer and the young couple have three children. But their world starts to crumble when Lazer is blackmailed and Bati discovers his secret affair with his male study partner. Desperate to protect her family and keep the man she loves, she supports Lazer as he attempts to “cure” his homosexuality, while uncovering her true desires.

Sunday, June 14, 2026 7:30 p.m. The NEON 130 E. 5th St., Dayton, OH 45402 Once Upon My Mother (France/Canada, 2025, 102 minutes, French with English subtitles) • Drama In 1963, Esther gives birth to Roland, the youngest of a large family. Roland is born with a clubfoot that prevents him from standing. Against everyone’s advice, she promises her son that he will walk like everyone else and will have an extraordinary life. From that moment on, Esther would stop at nothing to keep that promise. Spanning decades of trials and life’s miracles, this film tells a true story, funny...

Tuesday, June 16, 2026 7:30 p.m. The NEON 130 E. 5th St., Dayton, OH 45402 The Road Between Us (Canada, 2025, 95 minutes, English) • Documentary The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue tells the inspiring real-life story of retired Israeli General Noam Tibon, who on October 7, 2023 received a desperate message from his son: terrorists had stormed his home, and his family feared for their lives. With no time to spare, Noam and his wife, Gali, set out on a 10-hour journey across a country under siege to rescue them.

Thursday, June 18, 2026 7:30 p.m. The NEON 130 E. 5th St., Dayton, OH 45402 Soda (Israel, 2024, 96 minutes, Hebrew with English subtitles) • Feature/Drama Eva (Rotem Sela), a beautiful seamstress, arrives with her daughter in an Israeli working-class neighborhood in 1954. Shalom Gottlieb (Lior Raz), a former partisan leader and current factory foreman, falls for Eva, who offers him a chance at happiness and a life filled with beauty and laughter. But rumors of Eva’s past as a Kapo during the Holocaust shake the community. Shalom’s choice to be with Eva now means not only betraying his family,...

Sunday, June 21, 2026 7:30 p.m. The NEON 130 E. 5th St., Dayton, OH 45402 The Ring (Israel/Hungary, 2024, 120 minutes, Hebrew and Hungarian with English subtitles) • Drama/Comedy Arnon Noble is a religious man with a strong bond to his mother, a Holocaust survivor. He usually drives her to school lectures where she tells the students how she saved the lives of her baby boy and herself with the help of a thin gold ring. When the mother’s health deteriorates, he and his estranged daughter travel to her old hometown, Budapest, to search for the mythological ring that saved...

Tuesday, June 23, 2026 7:30 p.m. The NEON 130 E. 5th St., Dayton, OH 45402 Art Spiegelman: Disaster is My Muse (USA, 2024, 98 minutes, English) • Documentary This insightful documentary delves into the life and work of Art Spiegelman, the Queens-raised artist who revolutionized comics by exploring dark, complex themes. Shaped by his Holocaust-survivor parents and inspired by MAD magazine’s irreverent satire, Spiegelman’s most famous work, MAUS, is a poignant Holocaust narrative that redefined the medium. The film showcases his resistance to fascism and features rich illustrations from his comics, highlighting his significant impact as an artist and cultural critic. Featuring Robert...

Thursday, June 25, 2026 7:30 p.m. The NEON 130 E. 5th St., Dayton, OH 45402 Never Alone (Finland, 2025, 85 minutes, Finnish with English subtitles) • Drama As World War II looms over Central Europe, Jewish refugees fleeing Hitler arrive in Finland seeking safety. But Finland’s alliance with Nazi Germany soon threatens that refuge. In Helsinki, Jewish leader and philanthropist Abraham Stiller reassures them, saying, “This is Finland, not Germany.” When refugees are sent to labor camps near German forces, Stiller appeals to State Police Chief Arno Anthoni, only to receive a warning that endangers the entire Finnish Jewish community....

Sunday, June 28, 2026 7:30 p.m. The NEON 130 E. 5th St., Dayton, OH 45402 Matchmaking 2 (Israel, 2025, 110 minutes, Hebrew with English subtitles) • Comedy With more than 250,000 cinema viewers since launch, and counting, Matchmaking 2 is matching up to its prequel, Matchmaking, which was the 2022 Israeli box office hit of the year. A sweet story and relatable characters, with love, laughter, and high stakes in the Haredi dating world, the movie features many of Israel’s most appealing young actors and actresses.

Tuesday, June 30, 2026 7:30 p.m. The NEON 130 E. 5th St., Dayton, OH 45402 Rosenthal (Germany, 2025, 92 minutes, German with English subtitles) • Drama Germany, 1978. Hans Rosenthal is the country’s most popular TV presenter, and, what few people know: He is Jewish and a Holocaust survivor. The 75th edition of his beloved live game show is about to be broadcast, but the celebratory mood is dampened by the air date, November 9. Exactly 40 years after Kristallnacht, the Nazi pogrom against the Jewish population, Hans is expected to entertain and distract an audience of millions with his...