''Kosher Love'' is a 2017 Canadian

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of love as understood by

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and

Hasidic Hasidism, sometimes spelled Chassidism, and also known as Hasidic Judaism (Ashkenazi Hebrew: חסידות ''Ḥăsīdus'', ; originally, "piety"), is a Jewish religious group that arose as a spiritual revival movement in the territory of contem ...

Jews. The documentary was directed by filmmaker

Evan Beloff Evan Beloff is a Canadian film writer, producer, director and production company executive. He is known for Bigfoot's Reflection (2007), Daughters of the Voice (2018) and A People's Soundtrack (2019). 1990s A Montreal native, Evan holds a doubl ...

and aired on the

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television channel. The film was also entered into Jewish Film Festivals in Canada, the United States, and in Poland.

Background

''Kosher Love'' was commissioned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and notedly focuses on the advice and guidance offered by Rabbi Yisroel Bernath of the

Chabad Chabad, also known as Lubavitch, Habad and Chabad-Lubavitch (), is an Orthodox Jewish Hasidic dynasty. Chabad is one of the world's best-known Hasidic movements, particularly for its outreach activities. It is one of the largest Hasidic group ...

Hasidic community. Bernath serves as the spiritual director of a Chabad House in

Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Notre-Dame-de-Grâce ( en, Our Lady of Grace), also nicknamed NDG, is a residential neighbourhood of Montreal in the city's West End, with a population of 166,520 (2016). An independent municipality until annexed by the City of Montreal in 1910, ...

and as the chaplain at

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(Loyola Campus). Prior to the making of ''Kosher Love'', Bernath received public attention for his matchmaking service known as "JMontreal" which represent an attempt to offer formal matchmaking services in addition to more common pastoral care offered by rabbis. While Bernath is portrayed in the film as a friendly and affable, he is viewed somewhat critically in the Jewish community press for a perceived dismissiveness of all non-Orthodox religious denominations. The film was written and directed by

and produced by Frederic Bohbot. Both Beloff and Bohbot are

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filmmakers from Montreal but have turned to the Hasidic Bernath for guidance. The film was noted for offering an engaging and friendly introduction to religious Jewish perspectives on the subjects of love and marriage. The documentary is described as offering a intriguing yet whimsical view of religious approaches to the quest for love, and of an interweaving of a complex religious narrative involving the exploration of love as both a object of fear and of sacredness. The film purports to explore the challenges facing secular Jews who attempt to reconcile religious views of marriage as an imperative to unmarried Jews, in particular, the challenge concerns Hasidic approaches to marriage which may involve notions of arranged-marriages. Subsequently, the film was nominated as a finalist for the

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for Best Documentary Program at the

6th Canadian Screen Awards The 6th annual Canadian Screen Awards were held on March 11, 2018, to honour achievements in Canadian film, television, and digital media production in 2017.

in 2018.

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* Films about Orthodox and Hasidic Jews 2017 documentary films 2017 films Canadian documentary television films Judaism in Canada Marriage in Judaism Films about Chabad 2010s Canadian films {{religion-film-stub

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