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Is now really the best time for a cutesy Jewish summer camp movie?

JL;DR SUMMARY The new film "The Floaters," set in a fictional Jewish summer camp, evokes nostalgia with its portrayal of camp activities and Jewish cultural elements but raises questions about the representation and exclusion of critical perspectives on Israel. 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 EducationJewish Summer CampMedia RepresentationCultural IdentityNostalgiaJewish FilmYouth CulturePolitical ThemesGenerational Divide

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Israel
"One of the movies main plot points revolves around Israels lunar rocket, which contained a time capsule filled with Holocaust memoirs."
New York, United States
"In a 2024 op-ed in the Forward, a parent recalled learning at camp that Israel was the ultimate place to experience Jewish history, language and culture and a place of delicious food and fun dancing but never about the occupation or displacement of Palestinians."

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