‘Long Story Short’ Review: Raphael Bob-Waksberg’s ‘BoJack Horseman’ Follow-Up Is a Funny, Heartfelt Exploration of Family, Memory and Jewishness

‘Long Story Short’ Review: Raphael Bob-Waksberg’s ‘BoJack Horseman’ Follow-Up Is a Funny, Heartfelt Exploration of Family, Memory and Jewishness

Television has long had a Jewish mother problem. From The Goldbergs (Gertrude Berg’s medium-spanning landmark) to The Goldbergs (Adam F. Goldberg’s barely Jewish ABC hit), TV’s Jewish characters have too often seemed to emerge from the same mother — and I’m not talking about the mystical concept of the shekhinah, or the divine feminine. Long…

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#America Ferrera departs ‘Superstore’ for 100th episode

#America Ferrera departs ‘Superstore’ for 100th episode

“#America Ferrera departs ‘Superstore’ for 100th episode” “Superstore” marks two milestones Thursday night — its 100th episode and the departure of star America Ferrera. NBC announced in February that Ferrera, 36, was leaving after five seasons of playing Amy Sosa on the workplace sitcom, centered around Cloud 9, a  big box store near St. Louis….

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