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A mural dedicated to Holocaust memory — in Babylonian, Yiddish and Chinese

JL;DR SUMMARY Ella Ponizovsky-Bergelson's mural, "Lay-lah Lay-lah," was unveiled at the Holocaust Memorial Plaza in Philadelphia, offering a poignant tribute through its multilingual narrative. 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 IdentityEducationPhiladelphiaHolocaust MemorialMigrationArtLanguageCultural MemoryRefugee CrisisElla Ponizovsky Bergelson

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
"The Holocaust Memorial Plaza in Philadelphia stands at the intersection of many cultures and tongues."
Berlin, Germany
"Ponizovsky Bergelson was born in Moscow and grew up in Jerusalem before settling in Berlin."
Ukraine
"Born in Ukraine, he moved to Berlin and Copenhagen and then Moscow."
Jerusalem, Israel
"Ponizovsky Bergelson was born in Moscow and grew up in Jerusalem before settling in Berlin."
Moscow, Russian Federation
"Ponizovsky Bergelson was born in Moscow and grew up in Jerusalem before settling in Berlin."
Copenhagen, Capital Region, Denmark
"Born in Ukraine, he moved to Berlin and Copenhagen and then Moscow."
Hamburg, Germany
"Ponizovsky Bergelson processed the responses and then worked at the Center for the Study of Manuscript Cultures in Hamburg to develop calligraphies."

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