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The 50 Greatest Jewish Movies. The 50 Greatest Jewish Movies: A Critic's Ranking of the Very Best was a 1998 book published by Kathryn Bernheimer. Bernheimer ranked the "top 50" films dealing with Jewish topics. [1]
The Passion of the Jew. The Phil Silvers Show. Portnoy's Complaint. Pretty Fly for a Rabbi. The Producers (1967 film) Purim humor. Purim rabbi. Purim spiel. Purim Torah.
Shiva Baby is a 2020 American comedy film written and directed by Emma Seligman, in her feature directorial debut. The film stars Rachel Sennott as Danielle, a directionless young bisexual Jewish woman who attends a shiva with her parents, Joel ( Fred Melamed) and Debbie ( Polly Draper ). Other attendees include her successful ex-girlfriend ...
The Jewish Bride or On Dimo, the Albanian Baker who Loved a Jewish Girl: Eremya Chelebi Kömürjian: Narrative poem: Ottoman Empire: The poem tells the story of how Dimo, an Albanian Christian boy kidnaps the Jewish Mergata from the city of Constantinople to his home town where he converts her and they are married by the Prince. [15]
Rugrats. The animated television series Rugrats has been noted for its portrayal of Judaism, a dynamic rarely represented in American animated programming during the series' broadcast run (1991–2004). Six episodes of the series are devoted to Jewish holidays and to explaining their history, and the Pickles family is shown to be part-Jewish.
Hebrew. This form of greeting was traditional among the Ashkenazi Jewish communities of Eastern Europe. The appropriate response is " Aleichem Shalom " (עֲלֵיכֶם שָׁלוֹם) or "Upon you be peace." (cognate with the Arabic-language "assalamu alaikum" meaning "The peace [of ] be upon you.)" L'hitraot.
The Hebrew Hammer is a 2003 American comedy film written and directed by Jonathan Kesselman. It stars Adam Goldberg, Judy Greer, Andy Dick, Mario Van Peebles, and Peter Coyote. The plot concerns a Jewish crime fighter known as the Hebrew Hammer who must save Hanukkah from the evil son of Santa Claus, who wants to destroy Hanukkah and Kwanzaa ...
Yitzhak Kaduri ( Hebrew: יצחק כדורי, Arabic: إسحاق الخضوري ), also spelled Kadouri, Kadourie, Kedourie; "Yitzhak" ( c. 1898 – 28 January 2006), [ 1] was a renowned Haredi rabbi and kabbalist who devoted his life to Torah study and prayer on behalf of the Jewish people. He taught and practiced the kavanot of the Rashash.