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Comedian Liz Glazer dishes on her ‘very Jewish’ comedy special

JL;DR SUMMARY Comedian Liz Glazer, married to a rabbi and the granddaughter of Holocaust survivors, explores her Jewish identity and family history in her first comedy special, "Do You Know Who I'm Not?" A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Holocaust SurvivorsJewish IdentityJewish FoodAnxietyStand Up ComedyJewish ComedyLgbtq+Upper West SideLiz GlazerThe Tonight Show

Places mentioned

South Orange, New Jersey, United States
"Filmed at the South Orange Performing Arts Center, near where Glazer lives in Essex County, New Jersey, Glazers special covers a variety of Jewish subject matter,"
Short Hills, New Jersey, United States
"Your wife, Karen Glazer Perolman, is the senior associate rabbi at Temple Bnai Jeshurun in Short Hills, New Jersey."
New Jersey, United States
"lived in Jersey nearly all her life, though she went to high school at Ramaz, a Modern Orthodox school on the Upper East Side."
New York, United States
"A couple weeks later, the New York Jewish Week sat down with Glazer for lunch at Miriam, the Israeli restaurant on the Upper West Side a longtime favorite of the 45-year-old,"

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