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The hero of the Netflix series 'Mo' faces struggles that might seem familiar to Sholem Aleichem

JL;DR SUMMARY The article discusses Mo Amer's Netflix series "Mo," drawing parallels between the show's Palestinian main character, Mo Najjad, and Tevye the Milkman from Sholem Aleichem's tales. 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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NetflixResilienceCultural IdentityImmigrant ExperienceSholem AleichemDeportationTevyePalestinian DiasporaPolitical UpheavalMo Amer

Places mentioned

Houston, Texas, United States
"Mohammed Amer speaks about his Netflix series in Houston, 2022."
Palestinian Territories
"Mo opens up about his own familys flight from Palestine, and after that, Kuwait."
Kuwait
"Mo opens up about his own familys flight from Palestine, and after that, Kuwait."
Mexico City, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
"So Season 2 finds Mo stuck in Mexico City, after his disastrous attempt to recover a truckload of stolen olive trees has stranded him on the wrong side of the border."
Burin, Nablus, Palestinian Territories
"For the last episode, he moves the action to Burin, his family village in the West Bank, and forces us to confront our complicity in the terrifying reality of life under occupation, then and now."
Israel
"At a time when other newsrooms are closing or cutting back, the Forward has removed its paywall and invested additional resources to report on the ground from Israel and around the U.S. on the impact of the war, rising antisemitism and polarized discourse."

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