Jewsploitation

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noun

A genre of exploitation films focusing on Jews and Jewish experiences.

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Meanings

nounJewsploitation (uncountable)
  1. uncountablebroadcastingA genre of exploitation films focusing on Jews and Jewish experiences.

    The Hebrew Hammer may very well be the first "Jewsploitation" comedy, but star Adam Goldberg promises the film avoids the truly offensive.

    2002 July, Diane Vadino, “Movie News”, in Spin, page 47
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    Saturday night I went to the Gershman Y to see the new "Jewsploitation" film The Hebrew Hammer, which I'm guessing is going to raise some hackles in the same way my headline did.

    2003 December 10, Liz Spikol, “Hammer Time”, in Philadelphia Weekly

    The film, one of the first to emerge from the burgeoning "Jewsploitation" genre, is ripped from true-crime headlines and follows an impressionable youth (Eisenberg) from an Orthodox Brooklyn community.

    2007 November 15, Gregg Goldstein, “Eisenberg, Bartha in the 'Holy' land”, in The Hollywood Reporter

Origin

From Jew + -sploitation.

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APA

Jewsploitation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jewsploitation

MLA

“Jewsploitation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jewsploitation. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Jewsploitation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jewsploitation.

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