The Golem of Brooklyn

A dark comedy about a high-end design firm rebranding the gift shop at The Anne Frank House

Winner of the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival’s Film Movement Award for Best Narrative Short!

Is there a wrong way to talk about the Holocaust? That’s the question at the heart of “The Anne Frank Gift Shop,” a new dark comedy from Reboot Network member Mickey Rapkin about antisemitism that packs a vital and timely message. When a high-end design firm presents its plans to reimagine the gift shop at The Anne Frank House, the company’s overt appeal to Generation Z sparks a debate about collective trauma, the Holocaust—and tote bags. Rapkin, whose best selling book was the basis for the Pitch Perfect film and television franchise, partnered with Reboot Studios, which funded the project as a part of its inaugural class of studio investments in 2022. Read about it in Rapkin’s interview with GQ and learn more on our site here.

In 2010, Reboot launched an architectural design competition and work of installation-art titled Sukkah City. More than 600 entries were received, and a panel of architects and art critics selected a dozen winners. The 12 pieces were constructed in Union Square Park in New York City for a three-day celebration. Learn more about Sukkah City here.

The Talmud teaches us: “Whoever saves a single life is considered by scripture to have saved the whole world.”  Lesser known is the teaching that directly follows: “That being said, whoever just goes ahead and saves the whole world is considered super menschy and highly to be fived.”

Writer and Reboot Network member Jonathan Bines reflects on a landmark climate ruling in favor of a group of young Montanans that will force the state to confront the ongoing climate catastrophe. As the high holidays approach and we take stock of the year gone by and look forward to the new one, Bines hopes we can all make the commitment to center the climate crisis as the defining challenge of our time.

For as that Talmudic passage concludes:  “And finally, whoever has a chance to save the whole world and doesn’t…well, I mean, what a shmuck.”  Read more here.