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Was Teddy Roosevelt's favorite play the original 'Nobody Wants This'?

JL;DR SUMMARY "Nobody Wants This," a Netflix series about an interfaith couple played by Kristen Bell and Adam Brody, ignites discussions on Jewish stereotypes but draws little concern over the implications of interfaith marriage on Jewish continuity. 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 IdentityInterfaith MarriageStereotypesNetflixAssimilationJewish ContinuityIsrael ZangwillAdam BrodyKristen BellThe Melting Pot

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Kishinev, Bălţi, Moldova
"David is a Jewish survivor of the notorious Kishinev pogrom, a real-life massacre in what is now Moldova that took place in 1903."
Washington, Washington DC, United States
"The Melting-Pot premiered in October 1908 at the Columbia Theatre, mere blocks from the White House."
New York, United States
"Across the country, Jews denounced The Melting-Pot for ostensibly making a virtue of self-annihilation through interfaith marriage."

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