History has a way of returning when we least expect it. More than a century after the Dreyfus Affair—the political scandal in which a Jewish French army officer was falsely accused of treason in 1894—exposed the fragility of Jewish belonging in modern Europe, many of the questions it raised remain surprisingly relevant. Questions of identity, belonging, memory and the stories we inherit continue to shape the world around us. Those questions sit at the center of Dreyfus In Rehearsal Again, a new production by New Jewish Theater, running May 29 through June 3 at The Tank in New York City. Drawing on French playwright Jean-Claude Grumberg’s acclaimed work, the production layers a play about the Dreyfus Affair, a troupe of Jewish actors rehearsing it in 1931 Poland, and a contemporary New York cast wrestling with many of the same debates today. The result is a funny, provocative and uncomfortably current exploration of how history echoes across generations—and why some questions never seem to leave the stage. Read more.

ChaiFlicks, the world’s largest streaming platform dedicated to Jewish content from around the globe and Reboot Studios, the creative production arm of Reboot, the renowned Jewish arts and culture nonprofit co-founded by Steven Spielberg and Kate Capshaw’s Righteous Persons Foundation, have entered into an exclusive partnership that will further establish the two as a leading destination and authority for high-quality Jewish storytelling worldwide. Through the partnership, both organizations will curate, distribute, and spotlight content rooted in Jewish experience, expanding the reach of contemporary Jewish storytelling through ChaiFlicks’ global platform and Reboot Studios’ creative pipeline. The partnership launched June 1 with a Reboot Shorts Film Festival on ChaiFlicks. Learn more.

Tanya Schevitz, Chief Innovation and Communications Officer at Reboot, spoke with writer and star Jill Kargman (New York Times best-selling author and creator of Bravo TV’s Odd Mom Out) about her new film Influenced, a hilariously foul-mouthed, warm-hearted satire of New York City’s Upper East Side “influencer” culture that opens May 8 in theaters. What interested us about this film is that while it’s incredibly funny and sharply observed in its portrayal of influencer culture, status and performative giving, it’s also doing something deeper. It starts in a world that’s about being seen, but over the course of the story, it becomes much more about actually seeing other people and about the responsibility that can come with that. Those ideas are in the world of the film itself, in the B’nai Mitzvah storyline, in the questions it raises about charity culture and obligation. Read more to learn through our conversation with Kargman.

Noam Dromi, managing director of Reboot Studios spoke with filmmaker and actor Matthew Shear about his new film Fantasy Life. The film’s Jewishness feels deeply lived-in. It’s not an “issue film” in the traditional sense, but something more intimate and textured, rooted in a cultural sensibility many people will recognize: the humor, the neurosis, the searching for meaning and the complicated inheritance of history. The story touches on themes of identity, intergenerational memory, assimilation and the sometimes uncomfortable ways we relate to our own backgrounds. But it does so through characters who feel very human, funny, flawed and deeply self-aware. Read more to learn through our conversation with Shear about the making of the film, the ideas behind it, and the cultural questions it raises.