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A Yale student returns to class, with a Jewish question (and answer) about why she's there

JL;DR SUMMARY Mia Rose Kohn, a cartoonist and Yale junior, reflects on the Jewish perspective of education in the inaugural piece of her graphic column for the Forward. 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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EducationJewish ThoughtForwardJewish ValuesYale UniversityJewish EnlightenmentStudent PerspectivesMia Rose KohnIntellectual StudyGraphic Column

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New Haven, Connecticut, United States
"Mia Rose Kohn, a cartoonist, journalist and junior studying at Yale University."
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
"Her comics and journalism have appeared in The Boston Globe, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and the Forward."
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
"Her comics and journalism have appeared in The Boston Globe, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and the Forward."

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