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Three Jewish ‘Survivor’ Contestants Tell All

JL;DR SUMMARY Rabbi Talia Kaplan explores the intersection of Jewish identity and the reality TV show Survivor by interviewing three Jewish contestants: Ethan Zohn, Adam Klein, and Tiffany Seely. 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 IdentityCommunitySurvivorReality TvChallengesCultural ExpressionEthan ZohnAdam KleinTiffany Seely

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Micronesia, Kosrae, Micronesia, Federated States of
"from the all-womens alliance on Survivor Micronesia to Christianity being used to cohere a group on Survivor South Pacific"

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