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The Jewish world needs a Bad Bunny.

JL;DR SUMMARY The article argues that the Jewish world lacks a cultural figure comparable to Bad Bunny who can rejuvenate Jewish culture with a modern, confident, and compelling identity. 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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IdentityJewish CultureJewish MusicCultural InfluenceSelf ExpressionBad BunnyGlobal PresenceK PopReggaeton

Places mentioned

Puerto Rico
"It finds new language, new sound, new icons that translate old identity into something that feels alive right now. Thats what reggaeton did for Puerto Rican culture."
South Korea
"Thats what K-pop did for South Korea."
Israel
"Israel, in theory, should be the engine of Jewish cultural export."

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