I do not find movies about Hasidic Jews interesting because the entire appeal is "look how weird and foreign these people are."

Whether the creators understand it or not the works almost consistently produce feelings of alienation and dehumanization, as expressed by this dope. https://twitter.com/seankent/status/1249157486709485569
In general you can find 3 reliable caricatures of Jews in American tv and cinema:

1) Hasidic Jews-look at their weird world!
2) Secular Jewish men who hate their mothers and treat Judaism as a punchline
3) Annoying nasaly Jewish women

Way too many people think this is normal
And the uncomfortable truth about how we got to this state of affairs is that these are caricatures that Jews themselves created.

Jews aren't threatening! Look, they don't even like themselves and they're so funny
Themes I'd love to explore:

A sitcom about a New York group of friends. Black, White, Asian, immigrant, native born. But all of them happen to be Jews. The holiday episodes are wacky hijinks they get into during the high holidays and Passover.
A relaxing family show about a small town in the Midwest. The family is Jewish. The mom is a Jew by choice who becomes the shul president because everyone else is too busy bickering to get anything done.
A fantasy show where the main character is Jewish. She lives in post-Temple Roman-occupied Judea, fighting off the last remnants of the Giants and half-human/half-angels who act as the Romans' enforcers.
The year is 3542. Humanity burned out the Earth and fled among the stars. A thousand year ship carries the last of the Jews to their new promised land. But they are about to discover that their only hope has more than what they bargained for...
Go like a doorknob, Shane.
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