For more than two decades now the Spokane Jewish Film Festival has brought collections of films, documentaries and shorts presenting Jewish life and culture to the Inland Northwest. Each year, the festival supports the nonprofit Spokane Area Jewish Family Services (JFS).

“It’s important that we grow the film festival every year, to support JFS and the work it does, like providing supportive services and programming for families, children, low-income families and seniors in our community,” says Jack Sorensen, a member of its board. “Not just that, film festivals are a really engaging and educational way for people to learn about other communities and cultures that they live with. I don’t know of a better medium than film in which to do that.”