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In Netflix’s ‘Running Point,’ Max Greenfield Is the Nice Jewish Boy Who Just Might Get Kate Hudson to Convert

JL;DR SUMMARY Netflix's new comedy, "Running Point," features Max Greenfield as Lev Levenson, a quintessential Nice Jewish Boy engaged to Isla Gordon, played by Kate Hudson. 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 IdentityInterfaith RelationshipsNetflixConversionKate HudsonComedyTelevisionMax GreenfieldNice Jewish BoyRunning Point

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Scarsdale, New York, United States
"He shared that when he was riding his bike as a kid to shul, using the term for synagogue (also the Yiddish word for school, fun fact!) from his childhood home in a Scarsdale, New York cul-de-sac, he never imagined that he would end up with a smoking hot shiksa from Brentwood, but that he is so very glad he did."
Brentwood, California, United States
"he never imagined that he would end up with a smoking hot shiksa from Brentwood, but that he is so very glad he did."

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