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Bipartisan bill in Congress would create ‘Jewish Refugee Day’

JL;DR SUMMARY A new bipartisan resolution in the U.S. Congress, sponsored by Representatives Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Craig Goldman, seeks to establish November 30 as Jewish Refugee Day, also known as Yom HaPlitim. 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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Middle EastJewish RefugeesExpulsionNorth AfricaCraig GoldmanDebbie Wasserman SchultzJewish Refugee DayYom HaplitimBipartisan Resolution

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Florida, United States
"Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the Florida Democrat, and Texas Republican Craig Goldman submitted the resolution on Friday..."
Texas, United States
"Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the Florida Democrat, and Texas Republican Craig Goldman submitted the resolution on Friday..."
Jerusalem, Israel
"In 2021, the first physical memorial for the mass expulsion was erected in Jerusalem by the Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation."

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