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Alex Edelman: Just for Us

I don't want to be gratuitous, but theseare not life's winners

I don't want to be gratuitous, but these
are not life's winners

Full Transcript

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I don't want to be gratuitous,
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but these are not life's winners.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
00:52:10
Uploaded
Apr 03, 2025
Genres
documentary, comedy
Production
Above Average

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Movie Summary

Standup comic Alex Edelman's Broadway show, featuring his experience attending a meeting of White Nationalists in Queens, New York and other stories, comes to TV.
Hashem has not given with both hands - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:07
Hashem has not given with both hands
They are not the brightest. They are not the wealthiest. - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:05
They are not the brightest. They are not the wealthiest.
They are very badly informed. And most importantly... - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:06
They are very badly informed. And most importantly...
...these guys are racists in New York City! - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:06
...these guys are racists in New York City!
They're racists in Queens, the most diverse borough - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:09
They're racists in Queens, the most diverse borough
In Queens, you can't even get 17 Nazis together - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:09
In Queens, you can't even get 17 Nazis together
And at some point, I had a thought, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:06
And at some point, I had a thought,
I had a thought that was so self-aggrandizing, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:07
I had a thought that was so self-aggrandizing,
But at some point, I looked around the circle, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:07
But at some point, I looked around the circle,
"Look at me feeling bad for these people - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:17
"Look at me feeling bad for these people
To hear these people, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:08
To hear these people,
Empathy is the true north for every Jewish value. - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:05
Empathy is the true north for every Jewish value.
And all of the best Jewish moments of my life - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:08
And all of the best Jewish moments of my life
Like, once when I was a kid, my family had Christmas. - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:05
Like, once when I was a kid, my family had Christmas.
And over the course of a calendar year, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:07
And over the course of a calendar year,
She had nowhere to go for the holiday. My mom said, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:07
She had nowhere to go for the holiday. My mom said,
We'll do Christmas." - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:06
We'll do Christmas."
Mom is a Jew from Cincinnati. She's a Midwestern Jew. - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:05
Mom is a Jew from Cincinnati. She's a Midwestern Jew.
- It's a slightly gentler existence. - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:05
- It's a slightly gentler existence.
My father grew up Jewish in Boston like me, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:10
My father grew up Jewish in Boston like me,