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Natalie Portman Stars In the Best Jewish Thanksgiving Episode Ever Made

JL;DR SUMMARY "Lady in the Lake," a limited series on Apple TV+ starring Natalie Portman, offers a rare and intricate portrayal of Jewish life through the lens of a 1960s Thanksgiving episode. 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 CultureJewish IdentityCultural AssimilationNatalie PortmanThanksgivingBaltimore1960sLady In The LakeAlma Harel

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Israel
"When I first moved to the U.S. from Israel in my early 20s, a lot of Israelis asked me if it was even OK for Jews to celebrate Thanksgiving most rabbis agree that it is, but the question persists."
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
"The first episode of Lady In the Lake takes place on an eventful Thanksgiving Day and the first scene after the opening credits features not Cleo, nor Maddie, but 11-year-old Tessie Durst, a young Jewish girl from Pikesville (like Maddie)."

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