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Frankie’s Menorah (a Yiddish Hanukkah story)

JL;DR SUMMARY In "Frankie's Menorah," a translated Yiddish Hanukkah story set against the backdrop of the 1849 California Gold Rush, two Jewish families—one German and the other Polish—navigate the tensions and bonding of their cultural differences. 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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Yiddish LiteratureTraditionCommunityIntrospectionDiaspora JewsHanukkahCalifornia Gold RushJewish DiversityCultural Stereotypes19th Century Jewish Life

Places mentioned

San Francisco, California, United States
"In the story, Frankies Menorah, two prospecting families, both Jewish, have journeyed by sea from New York to San Francisco"
New York, United States
"two prospecting families, both Jewish, have journeyed by sea from New York to San Francisco"
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
"gold wasnt as easy to find as Mannheim had imagined when hed left his factory in Baltimore"

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