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JL;DR SUMMARY Yitz Landes explores Raphael Bob-Waksberg's new animated series, "Long Story Short," which picks up where "BoJack Horseman" left off, delving into themes of identity and familial trauma within a Jewish context. 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 TraditionJewish IdentityAmerican JewryFamily DynamicsJewish HumorCultural IdentityTelevisionLong Story ShortRaphael Bob WaksbergBojack Horseman

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Los Angeles, California, United States
"As it turns out, Raphael Bob-Waksbergs Bojack Horseman, in which the titular, washed-up, 90s-era television star cycles through bouts of self-destruction and redemption in an especially godless version of Los Angeles, was strangely compelling and nothing like the cartoons I had watched growing up."
Vitebsk, Belarus
"To make a long story short: Although she is not initially Jewish, when Kendra misses work one fall, she ends up fibbing that she was at shul for Rosh Hashanah. When pressed to explain, she ends up insisting that she is delightfully and specifically Jewish (a Litvak whose people come from Vitebsk, Belarus, and who is a fan of both Mel and Albert Brooks, to be exact)."
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