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Ab Cahan’s Ghost Returns in Cartoon Form

JL;DR SUMMARY Liana Finck's graphic adaptation of Abraham Cahan's early 20th-century advice column, "A Bintel Brief," creatively revives the heartfelt stories of Jewish immigrants in New York facing cultural and personal dilemmas. 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 HistoryNew YorkImmigrationCultural IdentityA Bintel BriefLiana FinckAdvice ColumnGraphic NovelAbraham CahanGhost

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New York, United States
"These letters, Cahan believed, could offer a succinctly potent representation of the lives of Eastern-European immigrants trying to make their way in early-20th-century New York."

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