The San Diego Jewish Film Festival "aims to educate and illuminate audiences by offering an array of films that depict elements of the Jewish life, history, and culture in challenging, moving, and humorous ways as never seen before." As of 2020, the festival had been operating for 30 years.
The San Diego Jewish Film Festival "seeks to inform and enlighten viewers by presenting a diverse selection of films that portray aspects of Jewish existence, heritage, and traditions in innovative, emotional, and amusing ways unlike anything previously seen."