(JTA) — The movies, at least in contemporary times ... still ethnically Jewish and full of little old Jewish mom-and-pop shops. Amy Irving stars in the film as Isabelle “Izzy” Grossman ...

Bellisha is a good Jewish boy. He is a 27-year-old curly-haired, weak and nonchalant young man who struggles to become an adult. He still lives with his mother, Giselle, in a poor neighborhood.

When I’ve heard people talk about what their favorite Jewish movies are, I tend to hear the same answers like Fiddler on the Roof, Barbra Streisand’s Yentl, or one of Steven Spielberg’s best ...