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A shocking true story of Mexico's Jewish community comes to Netflix

JL;DR SUMMARY The miniseries "No One Saw Us Leave," now streaming on Netflix, dramatizes the real-life saga of Tamara Trottner, originally from the Ashkenazi Jewish community in Mexico City. 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 CommunityNetflixAshkenazi JewsKibbutzFamily ConflictMexico1960sMiniseriesMedia PortrayalFugitive

Places mentioned

Paris, France
"Growing up in Paris, an Italian castle, South Africa at the dawn of its civil rights movement, and a kibbutz in the then-new state of Israel sounds like it would be enriching..."
Italy
"Growing up in Paris, an Italian castle, South Africa at the dawn of its civil rights movement, and a kibbutz in the then-new state of Israel sounds like it would be enriching..."
South Africa
"Growing up in Paris, an Italian castle, South Africa at the dawn of its civil rights movement, and a kibbutz in the then-new state of Israel sounds like it would be enriching..."
Israel
"Growing up in Paris, an Italian castle, South Africa at the dawn of its civil rights movement, and a kibbutz in the then-new state of Israel sounds like it would be enriching..."
Mexico City, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
"In the opening episode, we see a stylish wedding between a young Valeria and Leo, both children of leaders of Mexico Citys small Ashkenazi Jewish community."
Kfar Aza, Southern District, Israel
"Eventually, Valeria finds her husband and the children, after checking nearly every kibbutz in the country we see Kfar Aza, one of the towns destroyed on Oct. 7, get crossed off a list..."

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