Kike Like Me (TV 2007)

With "Gentleman's Agreement" as his jumping off point, Jamie Kastner asks who's a Jew, and does it matter. He'll answer the question, "Are you Jewish?" with a yes to see how people react. ... See full summary »

Director:

Jamie Kastner

Writer:

Jamie Kastner

Stars:

Jamie Kastner, Pat Buchanan, Abraham B. Jehoshua

Cast

Credited cast:
Jamie Kastner	...	Himself
Pat Buchanan	...	Himself
Abraham B. Jehoshua	...	Himself (as A.B. Yehoshua)
Carol Gould	...	Herself - writer
Richard Ingrams	...	Himself - writer
Michael Sebban	...	Himself - author
Jalda Rebling	...	Herself
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Leia Rush	...	Herself

Storyline

With "Gentleman's Agreement" as his jumping off point, Jamie Kastner asks who's a Jew, and does it matter. He'll answer the question, "Are you Jewish?" with a yes to see how people react. Brooklyn's Hassidic community embraces him and gives him a bar mitzvah. He visits Pat Buchanan who ends their conversation abruptly when Kastner presses Buchanan on whether all Jews are alike. He travels to Israel, London, Paris, Berlin, and Krakow talking to Jews about how they are seen by others and asking non-Jews what they think of Jews. He then goes to Auschwitz where he refuses to be a tourist. He ends the trip at his local bagel shop. Virtually everywhere, he finds irony and prejudice.

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Plot Keywords:

jew | hassidic | travel | bagel | auschwitz | 

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Genres:

Documentary | Biography | History

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Details

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

June 2007 (UK)

Also Known As:

Jew Like Me

Company Credits

Production Co:

TV Ontario

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Features Gentleman's Agreement (1947)

User Reviews

This is an important film

Kastner makes his point. We get the feeling that Anti-Semitism will flow on forever, much like the hoaxes on the internet that get forwarded repeatedly. We get a sense of the hatred that is worldwide, yet it can never show a fraction of the magnitude. The scene in Paris where young boys say they will hate him if he says he is Jewish shows that kids have been taught to hate as it was expressed in the play and movie "South Pacific. We can understand how he handled Aushwitz, like it is one big cover-up, modern trains, not boxcars, antiseptic buildings, nice looking brick facades, everything so clean, orderly. i wonder if he was able to control the urge to vomit. Actually, i think his decision not to continue filming there, not to visit the gas chambers is, in a way, a metaphor for heaving one's guts out.