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Michael Aloni To Star in Jewish Period Drama Produced by Darren Aronofsky

JL;DR SUMMARY Michael Aloni, known for his role in "Shtisel," will star in "Lost Paradise," a Jewish period drama backed by Darren Aronofsky and Alain Goldman, marking a collaborative effort to explore Eastern European Jewish life starting in 1860 Lithuania. 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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ShtiselYiddishJewish IdentityPogromsMichael AloniEastern European JewryDarren AronofskyJewish Period DramaAshkenazi HistoryLost Paradise

Places mentioned

Brooklyn, New York, United States
"Catch Stealing, featured Carol Kane and Liev Schreiber as Orthodox Jews in Brooklyn."
Bucharest, Romania
"Cinematographer Rotem Yaron also posted pictures from the period thriller on his Instagram from the shows set in Bucharest, Romania."
Lithuania
"will start off in Lithuania in 1860, charting the lives of Ashkenazi Jews there."

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