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Cheating partners, antisemitic neighbors, and lost loves populate these Jewish worlds

JL;DR SUMMARY Jennifer Moses' short story collection, "You've Told Me Before," explores intricate Jewish worlds filled with relational conflicts, ranging from infidelity to antisemitism and unrequited love. 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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Yiddish LiteratureJewish IdentityInterfaith RelationshipsShort StoriesCultural ConnectionUniversal ThemesJennifer MosesPersonal ConflictsOrthodox And Reform BackgroundsSuburban Jewish Life

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Washington DC, United States
"Raised in the Waspy suburbs of Washington by an Orthodox father who treated Judaism as his personal practice, she had no formal Jewish education."
Wisconsin, United States
"The University of Wisconsin Press, 198 pages, $18.95"

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