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The minotaur-slaying, dragon-battling hero of this video game is an old Jewish guy with back problems and an attitude

JL;DR SUMMARY A new video game, The Eternal Life of Goldman, offers a fresh take on Jewish representation by featuring an unlikely hero: an elderly Jewish man named Mr. Goldman. 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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YiddishJewish IdentityJewish RepresentationCultural ReferencesVideo GamesMr. GoldmanThe Eternal Life Of GoldmanWeappy StudiosWolfenstein

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