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This Jewish comedy was the summer's sleeper hit — and you've probably never heard of it

JL;DR SUMMARY In a challenging landscape for theaters dominated by streaming options, the Jewish dark comedy "Bad Shabbos" has emerged as a major success story, grossing over $1.5 million and becoming a hit at New York's Quad Cinema. 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 CommunityJewish ComedyMenemsha FilmsKyra SedgwickBad ShabbosDaniel RobbinsCliff Method Man SmithJewish Film FestivalsQuad Cinema

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New York, United States
"Bad Shabbos has been showing for 14 weeks and counting at the Quad Cinema in New York, where its been the theaters number-one film of the season, and the movie has made over 1.5 million in the box office nationally."
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
"It started with a winter run in theaters in South Florida prime season for Jewish retirees including a 17 week sold out run at Paradigm Gateway in Fort Lauderdale."
Manhattan, New York, United States
"Bad Shabbos opens with two elderly Jewish men telling jokes on the streets of the Upper West Side of Manhattan until a body suddenly falls from above, mid-punchline."
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
"Theaters in Philadelphia and London have pulled out of Jewish film festivals."
London, United Kingdom
"Theaters in Philadelphia and London have pulled out of Jewish film festivals."
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
"The Toronto International Film Festival went from being one of the leading showcases for Israeli films internationally to attempting to cancel the screening of its one Israeli themed film."
Fire Island, New York, United States
"including one unforgettable showing at the Fire Island Synagogue, where laughter spilled onto the street from the tiny wood-frame building."

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