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For barbraphiles and Streisand fanatics, a plethora of babtastic barbrabilia

JL;DR SUMMARY Barbra Streisand enthusiasts are in for a treat with the auction of what is claimed to be the world's largest Streisand memorabilia collection, curated by the late Louis Papalas. 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 HeritageSocial JusticeLgbtq+ RightsAuctionBarbra StreisandFashionMemorabiliaAlan BergmanLouis PapalasSteve Schapiro

Places mentioned

California, United States
"Assembled by the late superfan Louis Papalas and previously displayed in part at Temple Emanu-Els Bernard Museum of Judaica, and the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU, this data dump of over 100,000 items, organized by Californias GWS Auctions, could well make Jewish devotees misty-eyed or at least evoke misty water-colored memories."
Detroit, Michigan, United States
"The gig was at Detroits Caucus Club, founded by Lester and Sam Gruber, noted Jewish restaurateurs who also owned Michigans celebrated London Chop House."
New York, United States
"Streisand resembles a character in Joan Micklin Silvers documentary-inflected screen drama Hester Street about Jewish families on New Yorks Lower East Side."
Colorado, United States
"In 1992, she called for a boycott of Colorado ski resorts after the passage of Amendment 2, which prevented the state from enacting laws to protect LGBTQ+ people from discrimination."
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
"Papalas once admitted that the sale item that slipped through his fingers most agonizingly was a shimmering nude-illusion pantsuit that Streisane wore to the 1969 Academy Awards. It was designed by a dressmaker born Arnold Isaacs in Montreal to a family of furriers who decided that for more flair and less obvious Jewishness, it made commercial sense to reverse his last name to Scaasi."
New York, United States
"But the 1955 photo for sale of Streisand in a classroom at Public School 89 in Brooklyn does have an element of a childhood force to be reckoned with, soon to take vengeance on an uncomprehending world."

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