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Forverts podcast: The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire

JL;DR SUMMARY The Forverts podcast episode commemorates the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, where 146 young Jewish and Italian women tragically died due to locked doors in a New York City sweatshop. 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 HistoryYiddishRukhl SchaechterMorris RosenfeldTriangle Shirtwaist Factory FireForward NewspaperImmigrant RightsItalian ImmigrantsSweatshop Conditions

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New York City, New York, United States
"146 young Jewish and Italian women perished in an inferno that broke out at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City."

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