The Hebrew Hammer

He's hip, he's fly, and he never mixes meat with dairy -- he's the world's first Jewish private eye, and he's out to save the world in this satiric comedy. Mordechai Jefferson Carver (Adam Goldberg) is a super-cool Jewish detective who takes no mess and is always ready to do the right thing for his ...more

There had never been a mainstream parody that exclusively focused its good-natured barbs on Judaism, and for that reason alone, The Hebrew Hammer should be a film of interest in a comedy spectrum replete with Jewish performers. Getting it released was another matter -- the film's limited theatrical run was piggybacked on Comedy Central's world premiere of a version truncated for TV, part of an exclusive broadcast deal signed by the cable network. Regardless of its choppy path into existence, The ...more