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TikTok’s Murray Hill Boy lovingly parodies frat boys, finance bros and their Jewish moms

JL;DR SUMMARY Max Cohen, known to his 200,000 TikTok followers as Murray Hill Boy, is gaining internet fame for his humorous depictions of Jewish culture, particularly through his parodies of New York City's Murray Hill scene, a hub for recent Jewish college graduates. 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 CultureNew York CityJewish RepresentationSocial MediaLgbtqTiktokContent CreationHumorMurray HillMax Cohen

Places mentioned

Murray Hill, New York, United States
"A frequent target of Cohens parodies and the first of his skits to go viral are the various kinds of people one encounters in the Manhattan post-graduate playground that is Murray Hill."
New York City, New York, United States
"Its a particular New York City scene that Cohen, a Long Island native, knows well."
East Rockaway, New York, United States
"Around the same time, to save money and neutralize the risk he took by quitting his job, he moved back in with his parents in his hometown of East Rockaway, which he described as a very small, not very Jewish village on Long Islands South Shore."
Syracuse, New York, United States
"such as Syracuse, Michigan and Tulane."
5 Towns, New York, United States
"It is adjacent to the Five Towns, a heavily Jewish area in Nassau County."
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
"Like many recent college graduates seeking the thrills of city life but not quite ready to move on from the built-in social scene of a dorm or frat house, Cohen moved to the Midtown East neighborhood after graduating from Tulane University in 2022."
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
"such as Syracuse, Michigan and Tulane."

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