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An immersive dinner takes a culinary journey through the Jewish Diaspora

JL;DR SUMMARY Dima and Yuliia Lytvynenko, former restaurant owners from Odessa, fled Ukraine due to war and have settled in New York City with their beef jerky business, Papa Did It. 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 CultureJewish DiasporaJewish HeritageImmigrationOdessaDiversity In JudaismEthiopian CuisineAshkenormativityCulinary ExperiencesImmersive Theater

Places mentioned

Odessa, Odeshchyna, Ukraine
"Dima and Yuliia Lytvnenko spent their entire lives in Odessa."
Spain
"fled to Spain in 2023, and then to New York City in early 2024."
New York City, New York, United States
"fled to Spain in 2023, and then to New York City in early 2024."
Staten Island, New York, United States
"Today, they are the proprietors of Papa Did It, a beef jerky and cured meat company based in Staten Island."
Ethiopia
"Beejhy Barhany, the owner of Harlems Tsion Caf, who came to New York from Ethiopia via Sudan and Israel,"
Mexico
"Fany Gerson, owner of Fan-Fan Doughnuts in Bedford-Stuyvesant, who hails from Mexico."
Israel
"Ethiopian chef Barhany, who is also the author of Gursha: Timeless Recipes for Modern Kitchens, from Ethiopia, Israel, Harlem, and Beyond"

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