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Holocaust Survivor, 91, Celebrates Her Bat Mitzvah In Buenos Aires

JL;DR SUMMARY Eugenia Unger, a 91-year-old Holocaust survivor, fulfilled a lifelong dream by celebrating her bat mitzvah in Buenos Aires, an event she described as the culmination of her life. 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 TraditionAuschwitzHolocaustHolocaust EducationBuenos AiresBat MitzvahSurvivor StoriesWarsawEugenia UngerHerzliya Jewish Center

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Buenos Aires, Argentina
"Unger was called to the Torah as a bat mitzvah on Saturday at the Herzliya Jewish community center and temple in Buenos Aires."
Warsaw, Mazovia, Poland
"Unger, 91, born as Eugenia Rotsztejn in Warsaw, Poland, on March 30, 1926, was identified by the Nazis during the World War II as number 48914."

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