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Counting Crows’ Adam Duritz Has an Incredible Jewish Story

JL;DR SUMMARY Adam Duritz, frontman of Counting Crows, is the focus of a new documentary highlighting his musical journey and personal connections to Judaism. 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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Mental HealthKibbutz Nir OzMusic CareerReform JewishAdam DuritzCounting CrowsDepersonalization Disorder

Places mentioned

Baltimore, Maryland, United States
"Born in Baltimore to Gilbert and Linda Duritz, Adam is of Russian Jewish descent and was raised in a Reform Jewish household."
California, United States
"Californias Bay Area was as close as he came to home turf."
Nir Oz, Southern District, Israel
"At age 18, in 1982, Duritz traveled to Israel with a group from his high school; they worked at Kibbutz Nir Oz, in the south of the country."
Israel
"The year before the attack, Duritz had returned to Israel to tour with the band, having declared his personal attachments to the country for many years prior."

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