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Nobody Wants This: season two tries to push beyond stereotyping Jewish women, but doesn’t get very far

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par Sarah Godfrey, Associate Professor, School of Media, Language and Communication, University of East Anglia

Nobody Wants This is a romantic comedy following an agnostic white American woman, Joanne (Kristen Bell), and “hot rabbi” Noah Roklov (Adam Brody). Falling for Noah is easy but maintaining a relationship and forging a future with a leader of a religious community is much harder. Joanne must consider how far she is willing to go for love – will she convert?

Reviewing the first series, journalist Esther Zuckerman described how, despite having been hooked by the concept, she was frustrated by the…

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