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Forty years later, one Jew’s apocalyptic fears look a lot like prophecies

JL;DR SUMMARY Steve Brand's documentary, "Kaddish," captures the complex relationship between Holocaust survivor Zoltan Klein and his son, Yossi Klein Halevi, exploring the traumatic legacy experienced by second-generation survivors. 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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HolocaustDocumentaryTraumaYossi Klein HaleviNew York Jewish Film FestivalKaddishJewish ResilienceSecond Generation SurvivorsZoltan KleinSteve Brand

Places mentioned

New York City, New York, United States
"surviving remnants of many Jewish communities fled to America. Of those, many came to New York City."
Brooklyn, New York, United States
"And a disproportionate number came to the Boro Park neighborhood of Brooklyn."
Israel
"since he moved to Israel, as Yossi Klein Halevi."
Jerusalem, Israel
"Halevi told me how he has come back full circle to the idea of survival and is actually writing about it."

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