“Answer Us in the Merit of Our Master, Answer Us:” An Election-Day Reflection on Mizrahi Haredi Political Culture

JL;DR SUMMARY The text discusses a video that appears to showcase traditional Mizrahi tunes for penitential prayers but is actually a political advertisement for the Shas party representing Mizrahi interests in Israel. 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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