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BoJack Horseman

"Long Story Short" is the latest animated show from Raphael Bob-Waksberg. (Left photo courtesy of [K]overt Creative)
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Raphael Bob-Waksberg’s latest cartoon features a Bay Area Jewish family

Yael Bright by Yael Bright December 26, 2025December 29, 2025

Serendipity struck in Palo Alto last month when I bumped into the mother of Raphael Bob-Waksberg, the Bay Area–born writer and executive producer of the animated hit show “BoJack Horseman.” […]

Raphael Bob-Waksberg with his book “Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory.” (Courtesy Alfred A. Knopf)
Posted inTV & Film

Two luminous works of art on love and faith to see in the Bay Area this holiday season

Laura Pall by Laura Paull December 12, 2019December 17, 2019
Raphael Bob-Waksberg, creator of "BoJack Horseman" (Photo/Courtesy of Netflix)
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Sacha Baron Cohen as ‘The Spy’; Jews of country music; an Emmy for Bob-Waksberg?

by Nate Bloom September 5, 2019September 5, 2019
Raphael Bob-Waksberg, creator of "BoJack Horseman" (Photo/Courtesy of Netflix)
Posted inCulture

The local boy who rode ‘BoJack Horseman’ to Netflix fame

Renee Ghert-Zand by Renee Ghert-Zand September 12, 2018September 12, 2018

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