An actor comes home

Bellaire native turned New Yorker Jon Bass (pictured, second from left) had a warm welcome home for a screening of his film Bad Shabbos. He joined his family, Ariel, Rhonda, and Oren Bass (pictured with Jon, from left) at the Evelyn Rubenstein JCC for the sold-out event to view the film. Afterwards, the crowd enjoyed a Q&A session with Jon and his former principal at I. Weiner Middle School, Ilona Thompson. Bad Shabbos won the Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature at the 2024 Tribeca Film Festival. Jon stars as “David,” alongside Kyra Sedgwick and Method Man in this comedy about an interfaith engaged couple’s plan to introduce their families at Shabbat dinner. As a child, Jon once thought he would grow up to be a rabbi, but he was introduced to theater by I. Weiner Middle School teacher Larry Dachslager, and the rest is history. Jon, a Bellaire High School graduate, also starred in the 2017 film Baywatch (Ronnie Greenbaum), Molly’s Game (Shelly Habib), Carole & Grey (Grey), and Loving (Phil Hirschkop).

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