''Less Than Kosher'' is Canadian comedy web series, which premiered in 2023 on Highball TV. The series stars Shaina Silver-Baird as Viv, a self-professed "bad Jew" who moves back into her parents' home after failing to make it as a pop singer, and unexpectedly ends up working as a

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at her local

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. Its cast also includes

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, David Eisner,

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, Sarah Orenstein, Arielle Halili, Vanessa Smythe, Nadine Djoury,

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, Michael Goldlist, Claire Acott and Tamar Ilanna. The series was screened theatrically as a film at a number of Jewish film festivals, before premiering on Highball in web series format.

Awards

The series won four awards at the 2023 T.O. Webfest, including the Grand Prize for Best Web Series and the awards for Best Comedy, Best Writing, and Best Actor in a Canadian Web Series (Silver-Baird). The series received two

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nominations at the

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in 2024, for Best Original Program or Series, Fiction (Michael Goldlist, Shaina Silver-Baird, Laura Nordin, Emily Andrews) and Best Picture Editing in a Web Program or Series (Ben Lee Allan).Pat Mullen
"Canadian Screen Award Nominees in Documentary and Factual Categories"
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'', March 6, 2024.

References

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