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New York Jewish Film Festival Returns January 12-25
Now in its 31st year, the New York Jewish Motion picture Festival is screening dozens of features, shorts, and documentaries both in theaters and virtually January 12-25.
One highlight of this year’s fest is writer/director Kaveh Nabatian’s sensual and atmospheric romantic drama, “Sin La Habana” (screening theatrically January 15 and 17). This centerpiece feature chronicles a Cuban dancer who becomes involved with an Iranian woman in Canada. The film is impressionistic and immersive with some fabulous dance sequences as well as interesting discussions of immigration, race, spirituality, and superstition. Not present for preview is “Persian Lessons,” (January 16) which stars Nahuel Pérez Biscayart (of “BPM”) as a Jewish man in a German concentration camp who pretends to be Persian to avoid execution but struggles to maintain his lie and his double life.
There are only two films with LGBTQ themes screening virtually at this year’s fest.
“We Were the Others” is a heartfelt documentary (that runs just under an hour) that chronicles the emotions and experiences of six gay men who were grappling with their homosexuality back in the l
This Purim, a space for queer Jews to honor their identities, dance the night away
Stuart Meyers grew up in the heavily Jewish Philadelphia suburb of Voorhees Township, New Jersey. Yet, even though he was Jewish, being gay meant that he often felt like an outsider in Jewish spaces.
Fortunately, as an adult, Meyers — a dancer, artist and nightlife events producer — realized that, instead of abandoning one identity in lieu of another, he could create a vibrant space for queer Jews to celebrate both aspects of their identities.
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Stuart Meyers, center, is the founder of 'Flaminggg' a homosexual, Jewish nightlife that embraces and celebrates both identities
(Photo: JTA)
“I didn’t hold an experience [growing up] of being able to bridge my queer and Jewish identities — I just was made to feel like they couldn’t coexist,” Meyers, 32, told the New York Jewish Week. “I started to have this desire and longing to understand what it meant to be Jewish and bring these two identities together.”
In 2021, the Bushwick, Brooklyn resident developed “Flaminggg,” a lgbtq+ Jewish nightlife experience that aims to bring Jews of all gender expressions and sexual o
Community Events
JQY community events are open to allies, family, alumni, and friends of all ages. They pack the calendar with gender non-conforming Jewish celebration, building a community rooted in loving and joy.
The LGBTQ Society Sukkot Party
A Sukkah represents the safe haven provided to the Jewish people as they were alone and vulnerable in the desert. Our Sukkot party is a place of radical welcoming where the entire community can reach to eat, drink, move, and shmooze under stars.
The LGBTQ Community Chanukah Party
Chanukah is the celebration of the inherent light in every person. The JQY Chanukah party is a place where every person is valued, cherished and allowed to shine their brightest.
The LGBTQ Community Megillah Reading and "Vashti Ball" Purim Party
Purim is the ultimate celebration of individuality and the power of revealing our true selves. Nobody does Purim appreciate JQY! The Megillah is read by our very own costumed community members and acted out by drag queens, kings, and queer perfomers of all kinds. We then gyrate the night away at “The Vashti Ball” where truly no one can tell the difference between Esther and Mordechai.
March with JQY at the Rejoice 
Bars & Nightlife
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While their significance is often underestimated or dismissed by heterosexual population, bars and other establishments played a pivotal role throughout the 20th century — but particularly in the pre-Stonewall era — as centers for LGBT activism and community.
These spaces, whether always gay friendly or only during certain times of the day or week, gave LGBT people the freedom to be themselves in a way they usually could not be in their personal or professional lives.
This curated collection largely reflects the bar and nightlife scene of downtown Manhattan; as we research more sites we encourage you to reach out to us with suggestions in upper Manhattan and the outer boroughs.
Header Photo
Truman Capote (center) with Liza Minnelli and Steve Rubell at Studio 54 in an undated photo. Photographer and origin unknown.
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Bars & Nightlife
overview
While their significance is often underestimated or dismissed by heterosexual population, bars and other establishments played a pivotal role throughout the 20th century — but particularly in the pre-Stonewall era — as centers for LGBT activism and community.
These spaces, whether always gay friendly or only during certain times of the day or week, gave LGBT people the freedom to be themselves in a way they usually could not be in their personal or professional lives.
This curated collection largely reflects the bar and nightlife scene of downtown Manhattan; as we research more sites we encourage you to reach out to us with suggestions in upper Manhattan and the outer boroughs.
Header Photo
Truman Capote (center) with Liza Minnelli and Steve Rubell at Studio 54 in an undated photo. Photographer and origin unknown.