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A Tour for Gur

JL;DR SUMMARY Natan Slifkin details an unexpected day at The Biblical Museum of Natural History, where he led six tours for groups of Gur Chassidic children. 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 EducationBiblical Museum Of Natural HistoryRationalist JudaismCharediReligious AccommodationsCultural SensitivityNatan SlifkinGur ChassidimMuseum ToursVisitor Experience

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Israel
"The Biblical Museum of Natural History is set up to be sensitive to charedi requirements."
Manchester, United Kingdom
"I had to struggle to shed an accent from growing up in a yeshivish environment in Manchester."

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