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Just For Us Discussion and Learning Guide

July 20, 2023

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We have identified four topics that feature prominently in Just For Us: Jewish humor, empathy, Jews and Whiteness, and Antisemitism and White nationalism. For each subject, we have provided historical context and discussion questions to help guide a conversation or aid in your personal reflection.

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In the wake of a string of antisemitic threats pointed in his direction online, standup comic Alex Edelman decides to go straight to the source; specifically, Queens, where he covertly attends a meeting of White Nationalists and comes face-to-face with the people behind the keyboards. What happens next forms the backbone of the shockingly relevant, utterly hilarious, and only moderately perspirant stories that comprise Just For Us.

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Reboot Network Member Alex Edelman’s Just For Us had an amazing run on Broadway earlier this summer in a production co-produced by Reboot Studios with award-winning Broadway producer Rebecca Gold! The move to Broadway followed acclaimed runs in London, Edinburgh, Melbourne, Boston, and Washington D.C., as well as a six-time extended Off-Broadway engagement. In the wake of a string of anti-Semitic threats pointed in his direction online, standup comic Edelman decides to go straight to the source; specifically, Queens, where he covertly attends a meeting of White Nationalists and comes face-to-face with the people behind the keyboards. What happens next forms the backbone of the shockingly relevant, utterly hilarious, and only moderately perspirant stories that comprise Just For Us. Read more from Deadline and learn more on our site.

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