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Raphael Bob-Waksberg

"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.” […]

Still from “Long Story Short.”
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‘BoJack Horseman’ creator on his new, ‘unapologetically Jewish’ family affair

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar August 15, 2025December 29, 2025
Raphael Bob-Waksberg, creator of "BoJack Horseman" (Photo/Courtesy of Netflix)
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Jewish Emmy noms; Rogen stirs the pot; Zelensky endorses Joaquin Phoenix film to save hostages; etc.

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky July 31, 2020August 5, 2020
Raphael Bob-Waksberg with his book “Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory.” (Courtesy Alfred A. Knopf)
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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)
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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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