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An Upper West Side Iconic Barbershop Just Became A Museum

JL;DR SUMMARY Arthur Rubinoff, a fourth-generation barber and Jewish immigrant from Uzbekistan, has transformed a 670-square-foot storefront on the Upper West Side into the NYC Barber Shop Museum. 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 ImmigrantsUpper West SideUzbekistanBarberingNyc Barber Shop MuseumArthur RubinoffImmigrant ProfessionsBarbering HistoryBarbershop ArtifactsReamir Products

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New York City, New York, United States
"Fourth-generation barber Arthur Rubinoff just opened the NYC Barber Shop Museum on a busy Upper West Side block, in a 670-square-foot storefront that doubles as a haircuttery."
Fergana, Uzbekistan
"who emigrated with his family from Fergana, Uzbekistan in 1991 would joke."

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