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Benny Safdie on Intermarriage and ‘Are You There God?’
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Benny Safdie on Intermarriage and ‘Are You There God?’
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Susan Hornik
Safdie, who plays the Jewish father in the film adaptation, gives his read on Judy Blume’s iconic novel and its themes of intermarriage, antisemitism and family.