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An online course on Hasidic creativity in Yiddish

JL;DR SUMMARY The Workers Circle is launching an intriguing 10-week online course focused on Hasidic creativity in Yiddish, starting February 26. 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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YiddishWorkers CircleHasidic CultureJewish DanceHasidic WritingsEli BenedictBadchenContemporary Hasidic MusicMystical TalesSecular Hasid

Places mentioned

Upstate New York, New York, United States
"The badchen Shraga Blumenberg at a Hasidic wedding in upstate New York."
Bnai Brak, Central District, Israel
"Eli Benedict, who hails from a Hasidic family in Bnai Brak, Israel."
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"programming at a number of Yiddish organizations, including the League for Yiddish, Yung Yiddish Tel Aviv."

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