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A Memoir That’s a Cry for Housing Justice

JL;DR SUMMARY Jennifer Baum's memoir, "Just City," intertwines her personal experiences growing up in RNA House on the Upper West Side with a broader exploration of housing policies and social justice. 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 DiasporaSocial JusticeTikkun OlamUpper West SidePublic HousingProgressive ValuesHousing JusticeRna HouseMitchell Lama ProgramNew York City History

Places mentioned

New York City, New York, United States
"Just City is about my experience growing up in RNA House, a subsidized, integrated Mitchell-Lama cooperative on Manhattans Upper West Side that shaped my social justice identity."
Brooklyn, New York, United States
"My mother, especially, was an activist, and had a career as a public education advocate."
Bronx, New York, United States
"My father came from the Bronx."
Manhattan, New York, United States
"My parents embraced modernism architecturally."

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