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Alicia Jo Rabins on Biblical Women and Memoir

JL;DR SUMMARY Alicia Jo Rabins, a multifaceted creative and scholar, uses her memoir "When We're Born We Forget Everything" to explore reconnections with spiritual and biblical history amidst modern struggles. 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 IdentityMemoirFeminismMusicSpiritualityBiblical WomenAlicia Jo RabinsGirls In Trouble

Places mentioned

Maryland, United States
"The memoir, of course, is primarily Rabins story, and begins with her secular upbringing in suburban Maryland."
New York City, New York, United States
"You eventually joined a different band and moved back to New York City."
Israel
"Immediately after graduating, Rabins spent nearly two years studying at a co-ed yeshiva in Israel."
Barnard College, Massachusetts, United States
"It then takes readers to Barnard College, where, for the first time, she met Orthodox students and began to study sacred texts."
Western Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States
"Once you returned to the U.S., you lived in Western Massachusetts and joined a band."
Portland, Oregon, United States
"Youre now in Portland, Oregon."

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