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Take it from this rabbi: You should binge-watch Netflix’s ‘Long Story Short’ for the High Holidays

JL;DR SUMMARY Rabbi Benjamin Resnick recommends binge-watching Netflix's animated series "Long Story Short" as a profound and authentic depiction of Jewish ritual life, especially during the High Holidays. 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 CultureHigh HolidaysJewish EducationSelichotJewish RepresentationNetflixAnimated SeriesMinority ExperienceAshamnuJewish American Narrative

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