Judaism Screened

Hebrew, German, English and surely a little Yiddish emanate from the screen this weekend during the Jewish Film Festival at the Lewis and Shirley White Theatre inside the Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City (5801 West 115th Street in Overland Park, 913-327-8000). The schedule includes four films that explore Jewish culture and identity, starting at 7:30 tonight with Unter Bauern: Retter in der Nacht (Saviors in the Night). The German-language drama concerns a Jewish family hiding from the Nazis during World War II. There’s lighter fare at 9:45 p.m. with Circumcise Me: The Comedy of Yisrael Campbell. Sunday features the documentary Children of the Sun at 2 p.m. and the coming-of-age family film Max Minsky and Me at 7. Admission to Unter Bauern, which includes an opening reception, costs $16. Tickets for all other films are $8. Get a weekend pass for $32. See jcckc.org for more information.

Sat., March 6; Sun., March 7, 2010