Will there be a season 2 of "Nobody Wants This"? The new Netflix show stars Kristen Bell and Adam Brody as a podcaster and rabbi who fall in love.

As a gender historian and scholar of intermarriage, I binge-watched the new Netflix series “Nobody Wants This” with a combination of foreboding and optimism. Depictions of romances between Jewish men and Christian women have been ubiquitous in popular culture since “The Jazz Singer” in 1927 as Jewish men in Hollywood depicted their own lived experiences.

Erin Foster, creator of 'Nobody Wants This,' has responded to critics who say the Netflix series is stereotypical in its portrayal of Jewish people.

Nobody Wants This,” Netflix’s new romantic-comedy series about the burgeoning relationship between a rabbi (Adam Brody) and a sex podcaster (Kristen Bell), has come under fire since its Sept. 26 release for including what some viewers perceive as “stereotypical” Jewish characters.