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Blizzard strands hundreds of Jewish teens who recited Shema in Times Square

JL;DR SUMMARY A massive blizzard left 1,500 Jewish teens stranded in New York following a Chabad-Lubavitch international summit, where 4,500 teens recited the Shema in Times Square. 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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Chabad LubavitchNew YorkShemaJewish TeensTimes SquareBlizzardIsrael Day ParadeYaakov HagoelPiva Schlanger

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New York, United States
"1,500 Jewish teens are stranded in New York after the winter storm punctuated an international teen summit sponsored by the Chabad-Lubavitch movement."
Israel
"Segev Kalfon told The Times of Israel that he dreamed of singing the Shema on stage during his two years in Hamas captivity."
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
"Young Australians from Chabads Bondi Beach community, which was targeted by a mass shooting during a Hanukkah event in December, also took the stage."

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