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JL;DR SUMMARY Natan Slifkin shares his experiences at the Museum of Tolerance in Jerusalem during the US Embassy’s delayed Independence Day celebration. 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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JerusalemIdfPhilanthropyMilitary ServiceIndependence DayNetworkingMike HuckabeeUs EmbassyCharedi Exemptions

Places mentioned

Jerusalem, Israel
"I was at the new Museum of Tolerance in Jerusalem, which was hosting the delayed US Embassy celebration of American Independence Day."
United States
"I was at the new Museum of Tolerance in Jerusalem, which was hosting the delayed US Embassy celebration of American Independence Day."
Israel
"and Israel, Ambassador Huckabee knows full well that Judaism does not require wholesale avoidance of army service."
Portsmouth, United Kingdom
"if there is anyone who can collect something from Portsmouth that is approximately the size and shape of an orangutan."
London, United Kingdom
"Meanwhile, Im off to London tomorrow, and there may be a Rationalist Judaism get-together on Motzai Shabbos or Sunday evening"
Vermont, United States
"a rhinoceros head from Vermont, a ten-foot hammerhead shark from New Jersey, a Noahs Ark from Peru, even a special Biblical food from Iran."
New Jersey, United States
"a rhinoceros head from Vermont, a ten-foot hammerhead shark from New Jersey, a Noahs Ark from Peru, even a special Biblical food from Iran."
Peru
"a rhinoceros head from Vermont, a ten-foot hammerhead shark from New Jersey, a Noahs Ark from Peru, even a special Biblical food from Iran."
Iran
"a rhinoceros head from Vermont, a ten-foot hammerhead shark from New Jersey, a Noahs Ark from Peru, even a special Biblical food from Iran."

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