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A New Way to Pass Down Jewish Tradition

JL;DR SUMMARY Abigail Tananbaum and her father, Geoffrey Stern, have developed a unique means of preserving and passing down Jewish traditions through their company, VoiceGift, which offers audio-chip devices capable of capturing and replaying personalized messages and stories. 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 TraditionInheritanceCovid PandemicOral HistoryFamily ConnectionVoicegiftAudio DevicesMa NishtanahShemathGeoffrey Stern

Places mentioned

California, United States
"Abigail Tananbaum, who lives in Southern California, discovered a new way to pass down Jewish tradition."
Connecticut, United States
"such as the one programmed by the Connecticut-based Stern for his granddaughter."
Israel
"PEF Israel Endowment Funds, a 103-year-old organization that collects and distributes monies to Israeli charities."

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