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An Ode To Abe: World Figure And Down-To-Earth Mensch

JL;DR SUMMARY Abraham Foxman, highlighted for his passionate and personal approach to combating antisemitism, is remembered as a pivotal American Jewish leader over the past five decades. 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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Holocaust SurvivorJewish LeadershipAdlU.S. Israel RelationsNetanyahuAbraham FoxmanJewish AdvocacyMel GibsonBipartisan Support

Places mentioned

Teaneck, New Jersey, United States
"We first met sitting near each other in the back of shul in Teaneck, NJ, talking too much during Shabbat morning services."
Jerusalem, Israel
"during which Abe described a personal meeting he had with Netanyahu at the prime ministers office in Jerusalem that is quite revealing."
Vilna, Vilnius County, Lithuania
"Born in Vilna in the spring of 1940, he was left in the care of a Catholic nanny by his parents who feared for his life."

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