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Joanne is so appalled by his efforts that she decides they need to break up.
Before she can end things, Noah confronts Joanne and says he香蕉视频直播檚 not going to apologize for wanting to make a good impression with her parents.
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Erin Foster, the show香蕉视频直播檚 creator and showrunner, says when she met her husband, Simon Tikhman in 2018, she realized 香蕉视频直播渇inding the right person can be hard.
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In 香蕉视频直播淣obody Wants This,香蕉视频直播 Joanne is a single woman who hosts a podcast with her sister (Justine Lupe). Their schtick is to talk candidly about their dating and breakup stories. Even a bad date is good fodder for the sisters to discuss.
When Joanne meets Noah, sparks immediately fly between the two. Noah香蕉视频直播檚 life goal is to be named head rabbi at his synagogue. He is aware that getting serious with Joanne would be a major issue but ignores it for the time being.
In the meantime, Joanne identifies as non-denominational and their religious differences seem like no big deal.
Over time as Noah香蕉视频直播檚 family and the synagogue begins to pressure him over his relationship, he asks Joanne if she would be willing to convert.
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Foster argues that when a couple meets when they香蕉视频直播檙e more settled in their own lives, sometimes they both need to adjust.
香蕉视频直播淚 don香蕉视频直播檛 think it香蕉视频直播檚 responsible to show women in 2024 that, 香蕉视频直播楢ll you have to do to find your perfect person is to change everything about yourself.香蕉视频直播 That香蕉视频直播檚 not the message I want to send. But I also want you to look at the idea that it is OK sometimes to change some things about yourself, to fit a person who香蕉视频直播檚 also going to change things about themselves.香蕉视频直播
To write about the Judaism accurately, Foster enlisted the help of her own rabbi who 香蕉视频直播渞ead every script,香蕉视频直播 she said. 香蕉视频直播淟isten, 香蕉视频直播 I香蕉视频直播檓 sure some Reddit forum could find things that we did wrong if they want to. You have to let a few small things go because it香蕉视频直播檚 TV.香蕉视频直播
Brody, who grew up Jewish but defines himself as agnostic, says it was 香蕉视频直播渋nteresting and a fun avenue香蕉视频直播 to explore someone who is different from himself and deeply committed to their religion.
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Foster recalls Brody saying, 香蕉视频直播樝憬妒悠抵辈It香蕉视频直播檚 important to me if I play a rabbi that he is not like me. He has got to be all in. He is a believer. He is not like, a one foot in, one foot out kind of person香蕉视频直播ο憬妒悠抵辈 When he said it, I thought that would be such a great characteristic, because it香蕉视频直播檚 cool to say to a girl you香蕉视频直播檙e flirting with who doesn香蕉视频直播檛 believe in God, 香蕉视频直播榊eah, maybe I do, maybe I don香蕉视频直播檛.香蕉视频直播 But he doesn香蕉视频直播檛 do that. He香蕉视频直播檚 like, 香蕉视频直播楴o. This is who I am.香蕉视频直播櫹憬妒悠抵辈
Production on the series was underway on Oct. 7 when Foster said there was a conscious decision not to write that into the show.
香蕉视频直播淎fter Oct. 7, there were questions like, 香蕉视频直播楢re we going to bring this up? Are we going to acknowledge it?香蕉视频直播 And the truth is, I always felt very confident that this is not the show to try to solve any issues that are happening in the world.
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Instead, she香蕉视频直播檚 happy to tell a positive Jewish story especially at a time when people feel overlooked and not seen.
Added Bell, who is also an executive producer, 香蕉视频直播淚 didn香蕉视频直播檛 think we needed to put it in the show because the subject matter could be replaced with any label of people who shouldn香蕉视频直播檛 be together. The importance of it wasn香蕉视频直播檛 necessarily their individual labels, but the fact that their labels conflicted.香蕉视频直播