The Adam Brody and Kristen Bell-led comedy series Nobody Wants This has returned for its second season, and while the cast’s mishpochah of perfectly cast regulars and guest stars (including Girls ’ Alex Karpovsky as a rival rabbi to Brody’s Noah; a newly bangs-sporting Jackie Tohn as Noah’s sister-in-law; the great Justine Lupe as the sister, confidante, and co-podcast host of Bell’s Joanne; and, of course, Brody’s real-life wife Leighton Meester as a delightfully annoying Instagram momfluencer) is better than ever, the question of whether Joanne will convert to Judaism or not remains the show’s main tension.

Obviously, one wouldn’t want to be too judgmental of Nobody Wants This without a higher power weighing in—so for thoughts on how the series reflects modern-day Judaism, t

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