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Hallmark’s ‘Hanukkah on the Rocks’ Gives Us That Jewish Holiday Magic

JL;DR SUMMARY Hallmark's 2024 Hanukkah offering, "Hanukkah on the Rocks," is a charming film that reimagines typical Hallmark romance with a Jewish twist. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish TraditionsJewish CultureJewish CommunityJewish RepresentationFamily DynamicsHanukkahHallmarkJewish RomanceJewish GrandfatherHoliday Magic

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Canada
"but recent reviews of the Hanukkah offerings seem to not understand what that means exactly, and so, without judgment, allow me, as a lover of all things romance, to elucidate for the novice viewer. A Hallmark movie comes with limitations for example, you have to suspend your disbelief that the movie is set anywhere but in Canada, where Hallmark churns out its holiday films at record speed, and that half of its cast are anything but Canadian ("
Chicago, Illinois, United States
"a Jewish grandmother in Chicago saying ay! and mispronouncing lchaim may make that hard, but I feel it is worth the try for her to rightfully assert that no happy person orders a bagel with strawberry cream cheese)."
Florida, United States
"Jay, who turns out to be a nice Jewish doctor visiting his grandfather, Sam, from Florida, who is trying to get the Rockys regular to make the traditional Jewish retirement move to the Sunshine State."
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
"Summers, known best for his work hosting the Nickelodeon slime-a-thon that was Double Dare, was born Mark Berkowitz, and after his bar mitzvah, debated between going into showbiz or becoming a rabbi. Raised in a Jewish home in Indianapolis, he brings with him an incredible level of Jewish authenticity to the role of Sam."

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