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Film Review | ‘Centered’: How Senator Joe Lieberman Did it His Way

JL;DR SUMMARY An insightful documentary, "Centered: Joe Lieberman," explores the remarkable and often controversial political career of Joe Lieberman, who made history in 2000 as the first Jewish candidate nominated for U.S. Vice President. 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 JudaismAmerican PoliticsChutzpah9/11CentristJoe LiebermanSupreme Court DecisionAl GoreVice Presidency

Places mentioned

Stamford, Connecticut, United States
"Old photos and home movies taken with an unsteady 8-millimeter camera chart Liebermans Orthodox upbringing in Stamford, CT, decades before the town became a Fortune 500 corporate satellite to New York City."
Riverdale, New York, United States
"As the opening credits roll, Lieberman is seen donning his tallit, ritually kissing the tzitzit and gazing out onto the landscape of Riverdale in the Bronx, where he lived in retirement with Hadassah."
Washington DC, United States
"The election of John F. Kennedy and Liebermans presence in Washington, DC, at Martin Luther Kings I have a dream speech in 1963 (and JFKs assassination later that year) comprise the collective catapult that launched Lieberman in the direction of idealism and eventually public service."

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