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JL;DR SUMMARY Amidst the backdrop of war-torn Ukraine, Rabbi Yonatan Markovitch and Rebbetzin Elke Inna lead an inspiring mission to rekindle Jewish connections among elderly Jews scattered in Kyiv and surrounding rural villages. 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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UkraineJewish IdentityYiddishkeitChabad HouseHolocaust LegacyJewish RevivalReligious RevivalElderly JewsRabbi Yonatan MarkovitchRebbetzin Elke Inna

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Kyiv, Ukraine
"In the backwater villages of the Ukrainian countryside and in bombed-out Kyiv, Jewish souls are making their way back to their Father."

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