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Even in Australia    

JL;DR SUMMARY Cindy Scarr reflects on the global spread of antisemitism, even reaching distant and seemingly idyllic places like Australia. 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 CommunityStereotypesMelbourneAustraliaJewish SchoolsSydneyGan EdenHadassah HospitalAccents

Places mentioned

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
"somehow, Jewish schools being shot at in Montreal is insignificant compared to a shul being firebombed in Melbourne."
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
"Really, youre from Australia? Sydney or Melbourne?"
Jerusalem, Israel
"in a sterile white-and-gray room at Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital, lonely and bored and missing my family."
London, United Kingdom
"No matter where I go London, New York, Yerushalayim people look at me like a scientist might look at a species believed to be extinct,"
New York, United States
"No matter where I go London, New York, Yerushalayim people look at me like a scientist might look at a species believed to be extinct,"
Yerushalayim, Jerusalem, Israel
"No matter where I go London, New York, Yerushalayim people look at me like a scientist might look at a species believed to be extinct,"

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