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Capturing Your Jewish Family Story 

JL;DR SUMMARY Ilana Sinclair founded Capture Your Story, a memoir-writing agency that helps Jewish families document their narratives, especially as a means of strengthening Jewish pride amidst rising antisemitism. 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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FamilyHolocaustJewish IdentityMemoirMemoryHeritageLegacyPersonal Stories

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Los Angeles, California, United States
"Sinclair has a masters in social work and professional experience as a fundraiser and marketing director for Jewish nonprofits in Los Angeles and in Israel, where she moved with her family in 2010."
Arizona, United States
"Myra Waisbord Treitel of Arizona, a Hadassah life member, said she had been trying unsuccessfully for 40 years to record the Holocaust survival story of her father, Jacob Israel Waisbord."

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