From Barbecue to Rodeo, Web Series Connects Jewish and American Cultures
Bluegrass music, barbecue, rodeo, motorcycle clubs, fireworks: five things one doesn’t normally expect to intersect with Jewish culture.
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The Chai Riders, a Jewish motorcycle club, is the subject of one episode of “Jewish Country,” a web series produced by the Israeli Kan network. (Lior Sperandeo)
Bluegrass music, barbecue, rodeo, motorcycle clubs, fireworks: five things one doesn’t normally expect to intersect with Jewish culture.
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Joshua Rush, left, playing Cyrus Goodman, and Jonah Beck as Asher Angel in a scene from “Andi Mack.” (Screenshot)
If you and your tweens still aren’t watching the Disney Channel show “Andi Mack,” you must start ASAP. It deals with so many kinds of identities, including Jewish, in a way not usually seen on TV aimed at the pre-teen set.
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Patti LuPone, in her role as the cosmetics mogul Helena Rubinstein in the Broadway musical "War Paint," performing at the Tony Awards in New York City, June 11, 2017. (Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
In addition to Helena Rubinstein, LuPone played a rabbi in the CW series “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,” the Jewish sister-in-law of Robert De Niro’s title character in “The Comedian” (2016) and the social-climbing Atlanta Jewish daughter-in-law Florine in “Driving Miss Daisy” (1989).
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