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Four Types of Jews

JL;DR SUMMARY Natan Slifkin explores a provocative illustration from "The Kiddush Times," a publication for English-speaking Jewish communities in Israel, which symbolizes the diverse types of Jews lining up for IDF service at BaKuM, a military recruitment base. 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 IdentityZionismIdfCharediDati LeumiSecular JewsMilitary ServiceIllustrationMasoratim

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Israel
"Its printed in English and distributed to about 400 Anglo communities in Israel, and available online for others."
United States
"which is still very different from Modern Orthodoxy in the United States"

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