The Automat

Join us in celebrating the vibrant and varied American Jewish experience with a special film program presented in partnership with the Alper JCC, Miami Beach JCC, Michael-Ann Russell JCC, and the Jewish Community Relations Council of GMJF.

Featuring testimonials from a slew of esteemed former customers and luminaries such as comedy icons Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner, as well as Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Colin Powell, Elliot Gould, and Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, this fascinating film delves deep into America’s most iconic automat restaurant chain, Horn & Hardart. To top that, Mel Brooks also contributes a new original song for the film titled “At the Automat,” which could find the 95-year-old EGOT winner back at the Academy Awards with another nomination!