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Charles Bronfman: A Life Distilled

JL;DR SUMMARY Charles Bronfman's autobiography, "Distilled: A Memoir of Family, Seagram, Baseball, and Philanthropy," reflects on his life as a leading Jewish philanthropist and heir to the Seagram fortune. 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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Jewish CommunityMemoirFamily DynamicsPhilanthropyBirthright IsraelCultural ContributionsCharles BronfmanSeagramsMontreal ExposEdgar Bronfman Jr.

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Montreal, Quebec, Canada
"One thing that I wasnt looking for, but was happy to read, was the history of the Montreal Expos."
Saskatchewan, Canada
"Beginning as an immigrant to Saskatchewan, Sam Bronfman (Charless father) started as a hotel owner before focusing on building the Seagrams whisky empire into a multi-billion dollar business."

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