romantic relationships, and even their views on when Israel was on the verge of becoming a Jewish state. This movie is perfect for those who love coming-of-age stories and stories of friendship.

While Ben has a softness and an insecurity to him, he isn’t a caricature of the nebbishy Jewish man. Perhaps that’s because there is no romance in the movie — aside from the love story ...

Their budding romance is soon complicated ... The list of existing Hanukkah movies remains so short that even critically panned and peripherally Jewish films are typically included as viable ...

movies infused with a Jewish sensibility — but this is one of the only super, super Jewish romantic comedies where it’s two people and it’s specifically about being Jewish. And there’s a bris.