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Before the Door Closed

JL;DR SUMMARY Cindy Scarr shares a poignant narrative about her urgent journey to her childhood home in Green Bay, Wisconsin, to be with her dying father. 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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FamilyJewish RitualsTraditionCommunity SupportSpiritualityCancerTallitEmotional JourneyDying FatherSuburban Green Bay

Places mentioned

Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States
"hunkering down for months in our childhood home in suburban Green Bay, Wisconsin, to care for our cancer-ridden father"
Ramot Polin, Jerusalem, Israel
"They live in Ramot Polin somewhere over there, just ask."

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