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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]My husband is Jewish and he rolled his eyes at the tremendous diversity in the Hebrew school scenes. While we understand and support representation in movies, it wasn’t realistic and to a certain extent co-opts what is a singular Jewish experience[/b]. (I’m Catholic so I don’t have a dog in this fight.)

He also pointed out that Jewish mothers spend a year+ planning the event (while the movie made it seem like they are thrown together, including shopping for the dress at the last minute).

I would have loved to see Sara Silverman or Seinfeld or another Jewish comedian make a cameo. Missed opportunity. [/quote]

I was very distracted by this. [/quote]
It's so sad that diversity throws off some posters. I love to see it in movies and it makes more people feel included.
We've watched it twice with groups of middle schoolers who could not get enough. Watching it the second time I caught more cute details that really cement this one as a quotable classic. I think it will be one they all watch several times.[/quote]

Diversity isn’t throwing off viewers.

Rather, actual Jewish people thought it was odd to see so much diversity at Hebrew school. The film centers around scenes at Hebrew school, which is a unique rite of passage for Jewish people.

Beyond being unrealistic—which is expected to a large degree with Hollywood films—it simply isn’t representative of *Jewish people* and their experience.

That’s legit criticism.

A few (adopted) Asian kids would have made sense. But black kids at Hebrew school? Latinos? Not a chance…especially in NJ.

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They weren't explicit about the location. [b]Kyle Richards' kids were Latinos at Hebrew school[/b] and I doubt they were the only ones. I went to high school with a girl named Sophia Grossman from Colombia who would always be like, hey idiots there are Jews in Latin America. She looked and talked like Shakira! My tennis coach growing up was Black and Jewish.

You're saying it was too much but I also think you're exaggerating the problem, given many of us know people like this.[/quote]

DP.  This is completely incorrect.  Yes, Kyle Richard's husband grew up in Mexico - but he is not Latino.  His last name is Umansky and he is of Russian and Greek descent.  Their kids are not latina.[/quote]

You are right. But there are still latin American Jews.[/quote]

Absolutely.  But Mauricio Umansky isn't one of them.[/quote]

Yes. I just agreed with you about that.[/quote]

I just googled him and I don’t understand why you guys are saying he isn’t Latino or Latin American. His grandparents moved to Mexico and he and his parents were raised there. Who cares if the grandparents were from Eastern Europe rather than Spain or indigenous? He and two previous generations of his family lived in Mexico. He speaks Spanish why is he not Latino?

I know multiple people who are Jewish and whose families moved to Latin American from Germany or Eastern Europe around World War Two and they consider themselves Latino. Even the ones who grew up in the states.[/quote]

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