The movie is American Dreamz. It is absolutely hilarious -- all about assimilation into American society (of an Orthodox Jew and a Muslim suicide bomber no less!)
I suspect it isn't popular because most people are uncomfortable with the sheer truth of it.
I know many young Jews who have become religious as adults (the "baal'ei teshuva"). They did so not because they are rejecting their secular upbringing. Rather, they seek meaning in what they perceive to be a very confusing world -- where material goods matter more than other people, where one's value is determined by one's looks or one's wealth, where there is no sense of community or responsibility to one's fellow man. I do not find them at all fanatical. Most of my friends fall into this category, as do I myself. :)
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I suspect it isn't popular because most people are uncomfortable with the sheer truth of it.
I know many young Jews who have become religious as adults (the "baal'ei teshuva"). They did so not because they are rejecting their secular upbringing. Rather, they seek meaning in what they perceive to be a very confusing world -- where material goods matter more than other people, where one's value is determined by one's looks or one's wealth, where there is no sense of community or responsibility to one's fellow man. I do not find them at all fanatical. Most of my friends fall into this category, as do I myself. :)