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Ana Levy-Lyons, a former Unitarian Universalist minister and future rabbi, wants to cure what ails the secular left

JL;DR SUMMARY Ana Levy-Lyons, a former Unitarian Universalist minister now studying to be a rabbi, critiques the secular left's lack of spiritual and community connections in her book, "The Secret Despair of the Secular Left." 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 TraditionCommunitySpiritualitySecularismLiberal OrthodoxyDisconnectionAna Levy LyonsUnitarian UniversalistThe Secret Despair Of The Secular Left

Places mentioned

Tenafly, New Jersey, United States
"During her childhood in Tenafly, New Jersey, her family never spoke about what her mother would later call her Jewish heritage."
Brooklyn, New York, United States
"After a brief career in tech and the music business, she enrolled at the University of Chicago Divinity School, eventually eschewing its dryly academic approach to religion in order to train as a Unitarian Universalist minister. She served for 18 years in UU pulpits, including the First Unitarian Universalist Congregational Society in Brooklyn."
Chicago, Illinois, United States
"After a brief career in tech and the music business, she enrolled at the University of Chicago Divinity School, eventually eschewing its dryly academic approach to religion in order to train as a Unitarian Universalist minister."
Manhattan, New York, United States
"She lives on the Upper West Side of Manhattan with her husband and their 14-year-old twins."
Rhode Island, United States
"I was interviewing at a congregation, I think it was in Rhode Island."

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