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Fernando Pessoa and the Jewish Question

JL;DR SUMMARY In this intriguing exploration, Marco Roth delves into the forgotten memoir of Eliezer Kamenezky, a Jewish wanderer whose global odyssey in the early 20th century unfolds a complex world of Jewish networks and landscapes. 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 DiasporaLiterary ModernismKabbalah20th CenturyCross Cultural FriendshipsEsotericismEliezer KamenezkyFernando PessoaTravel MemoirJewish Networks

Places mentioned

Luhansk, Donechchyna, Ukraine
"From his birthplace in Luhansk, he first made the rounds of czarist Russia while apprenticed to a touring Italian opera company."
Russian Federation
"From his birthplace in Luhansk, he first made the rounds of czarist Russia while apprenticed to a touring Italian opera company."
London, United Kingdom
"He then emigrated successively to London and the United States..."
New York, United States
"starting off in New York before setting out for California..."
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
"...only getting as far as Cincinnati and Louisville, Kentucky..."
Louisville, Kentucky, United States
"...only getting as far as Cincinnati and Louisville, Kentucky..."
Germany
"reverse-emigrating to Germany, from which he self-deported to Russia."
Odesa, Odeshchyna, Ukraine
"Freed at last, he tried to settle down, studying at a cantorial school in Odesa before taking flight again to Argentina..."
Argentina
"Freed at last, he tried to settle down, studying at a cantorial school in Odesa before taking flight again to Argentina..."
Brazil
"he tried to settle down, studying at a cantorial school in Odesa before taking flight again to Argentina, via Germany, then to Brazil..."
Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
"he tried to settle down, studying at a cantorial school in Odesa before taking flight again to Argentina, via Germany, then to Brazil, Marseille, Algeria..."
Algeria
"then to Brazil, Marseille, Algeria, Tunisia..."
Tunisia
"then to Brazil, Marseille, Algeria, Tunisia..."
Port Said, Egypt
"onward to Port Said and Lebanon..."
Lebanon
"onward to Port Said and Lebanon..."
Israel
"...entering the Holy Land clandestinely on foot through the Galilee, visiting communities of both the old and new yishuv and staying at Greek Orthodox monasteries in and around Jerusalem..."
Benares, Uttar Pradesh, India
"...before going on all the way to Benares via Aden and Bombay."
Yemen
"...before going on all the way to Benares via Aden and Bombay."
Bombay, Maharashtra, India
"...before going on all the way to Benares via Aden and Bombay."
Lisbon, Portugal
"their relationship appeared once Kamenezky succeeded in publishing his poems, titled Alma Errante, or Wandering Soul."

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