While shooting this movie, Daryl Sabara was also studying for his own Bar Mitzvah. The Haftorah portion that his character chants in the movie was Sabara's actual Bar Mitzvah portion.
Jeremy Piven plays a father who is a talent agent. In, "Entourage", Jeremy Piven plays Ari Gold, also a talent agent.
Actor-director Richard Benjamin had previously starred as Alexander Portnoy in another earlier Jewish comic film, the classic comedy movie Portnoy et son complexe (1972).
Neil Diamond: As himself. Diamond had previously starred in the Jewish musical movie remake Le chanteur de jazz (1980).