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Arlene Agus, New Yorker who popularized Rosh Chodesh rituals for Jewish women, dies at 75

JL;DR SUMMARY Arlene Agus, a pioneering figure in the advancement of Jewish women's ritual practice, passed away at 75. 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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Rosh HashanahJewish EducationYom KippurJewish RitualsSoviet JewryRosh ChodeshOrthodox FeminismTorah ChantingMinyan MatArlene Agus

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New York, United States
"Arlene Agus voice was familiar to many Jews on the Upper West Side, where she led prayers at egalitarian services and taught others how to chant from the Torah."
Brooklyn, New York, United States
"Agus was born March 17, 1949 in Brooklyn."
Massachusetts, United States
"Her father was an accountant but moonlighted as a hazzan, or cantor, who took an annual pulpit in Massachusetts, where Agus learned to love Jewish ritual music."

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