With three world premieres, six US premieres and 10 New York premieres, this year’s 24th New York Jewish Film Festival is chock-full of cinematic noshing for every appetite.
“We are interested in investigating Jewish ethos and core tenets like tikkun olam [repair the world],” says Aviva Weintraub, director of the festival.
With as many themes as there are varieties of herring — including humor, family, history of film, marriage, politics — the two-week festival unspools at Walter Reade Theater and Elinor Bunin Munroe Center at Lincoln Center.
Highlights include “Felix and Meira,” a feature on the tension between old and new worlds set in Montreal’s Mile End neighborhood as hipsters and Hasidim mix. Hmm, sounds like a certain borough we could mention.
“The Outrageous Sophie Tucker” takes a peek into the Russian-born Queen of Vaudeville and her rags-to-riches happy Hollywood ending. And “Sophie’s Choice,” for which Meryl Streep earned an Oscar, offers a much darker tale.
Also screening, to mark its 25th anniversary, is Jennie Livingston’s Sundance-winning doc, “Paris Is Burning,” which she will introduce.
Presented by the Jewish Museum and the Film Society of Lincoln Center, a total of 47 films will be screened through Jan. 29.
For more information and a full schedule, see nyjff.org.



