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Why Bad Bunny’s halftime show delighted New York Jews of a certain age

JL;DR SUMMARY Bad Bunny's Superbowl halftime show, featuring a remix of the classic salsa song "Un Verano en Nueva York," brought nostalgic joy to Jewish New Yorkers familiar with the vibrant Latin music scene since the mid-20th century. 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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Diaspora1970s New YorkCultural CrossoverLatin MusicNew York JewsLarry HarlowSalsa MusicBad BunnyPuerto Rican CultureSuperbowl Halftime Show

Places mentioned

New York City, New York, United States
"On the reel, he samples Un Verano en Nueva York, a 50-year-old salsa song about New York City or Nueva Yol, as Bad Bunny calls his update in his echt Puerto Rican accent."
New York, United States
"by Union Square."
Williamsburg, New York, United States
"Bad Bunnys halftime performance of Nueva Yol also celebrated a Brooklyn matriarch named Maria Antonia Cay, aka Toita."
East Harlem, New York, United States
"Others point out that, as Jewish neighborhoods such as East Harlem were transitioning in the 1950s to Puerto Rican enclaves, the two groups lived side by side."
The Bronx, New York, United States
"Many moved to the Bronx."
Brooklyn, New York, United States
"got bat mitzvahed at age 71 at a shul in Brooklyn"
Bear Mountain, New York, United States
"It talks about going to Bear Mountain in the summer."
Puerto Rico
"By the 1930s, Puerto Rico had been thoroughly colonized by the U.S. and was thoroughly poverty stricken."
Bogotá, Capital District, Colombia
"Columbia one summer to study Yiddish."

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