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A Long-Forgotten Jewish Remedy for the Coronavirus Outbreak

JL;DR SUMMARY During past pandemic outbreaks like the 1918 influenza, the Jewish community practiced a unique remedy called the Black Wedding, marrying impoverished individuals in a cemetery to avert the deadly disease with communal support and the hope for divine intervention. 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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