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Harrison Ford Makes an Excellent Joke About His Jewish Mom

JL;DR SUMMARY In a humorous and candid podcast interview hosted by Ted Danson, Harrison Ford shares snippets about his Jewish heritage, specifically through anecdotes about his mother and his upbringing. 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 IdentityJewish HumorBrisBorscht BeltHeritageCelebrityHarrison FordTed DansonBrett Goldstein

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Russian Federation
"My mother is Russian Jewish, and my father is was Irish Catholic."

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