We yearn for something powerful and magnificent, someone to remind us that our menorahs are meaningful. That Jews are important. We yearn – dare I say – for  "The Hebrew Hammer.” The “certified circumcised dick,” the “baddest Jew this side of Tel Aviv” (played by Adam Goldberg), who once saved Hanukkah from destruction by Santa’s evil son (Andy Dick). Even though it was made in 2003 and viewed in very limited release (eight theaters and Comedy Central), the film has taken on a cult status in the decade since.

And why not? This silly “Jewsploitation” film – cleverly spoofing stereotypes of Jews and Gentiles the way the “Blacksploitation” films did of blacks and whites in the 1970s – gave us our very own badass. (We hardly count Adam Sandler in “Don’t Mess with the Zohan” because Israelis – especially former Mossad agents – are always tough bastards. American Jews? Not so much.) Yes, we’ve had nebbish, neurotic leading men like Woody Allen, Ben Stiller, Larry David, et al., but they never saved nobody from nothing. And they didn’t have kick-ass slogans such as “Shabbat Shalom, Motherf**kers!”

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