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Disney fixed a messianic necklace, but there’s still work to do on Jewish representation, says advocate

JL;DR SUMMARY Disney has corrected a depiction issue in the Mickey Mouse Funhouse episode "Nochebuena at the Funhouse / Hanukkah at Hilda's," where a character initially wore a necklace with a messianic seal instead of a Jewish star. 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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Jewish IdentityOrthodox JewsJewish RepresentationJewish StereotypesCultural SensitivityNecklaceDisneyMessianic SealMedia PortrayalsHollywood Bureau

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Burlington, Vermont, United States
"Hannah Feuer joined the Forward as a general assignment reporter in May 2025 after two years as a culture reporter at Seven Days, an independent weekly in Burlington, Vermont."
Washington, D.C., Washington DC, United States
"Originally from the Washington, D.C., area, she is a 2023 graduate of Northwestern Universitys Medill School of Journalism."

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