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120th anniversary of the Forverts advice column "Bintel Brief"

JL;DR SUMMARY The "Bintel Brief," a cherished advice column in the Yiddish-language Forverts newspaper, celebrates its 120th anniversary. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish CultureForvertsYiddishImmigrationCultural HistoryJewish American IdentityBintel BriefAdvice ColumnNewspaperPersonal Advice

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New York City, New York, United States
"Support for the Forverts comes in part from the Marinus and Minna B. Koster Foundation"

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