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How a Jewish deep-sea diver found treasure, shipwrecks and Leonard Bernstein

JL;DR SUMMARY Howard Rosenstein, a Jewish diver and entrepreneur, began his remarkable career after discovering a Roman coin while diving off the coast of Israel in 1968. 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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Middle EastLeonard BernsteinTourismRed SeaSinai PeninsulaPeace BuildingDivingEnvironmental ProtectionHoward RosensteinRoman Coins

Places mentioned

Los Angeles, California, United States
"It was August, 1968 and Rosenstein, a long-haired surfer kid of 21, had come to Israel from Los Angeles to attend college and study anthropology and archeology in Tel Aviv."
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"It was August, 1968 and Rosenstein, a long-haired surfer kid of 21, had come to Israel from Los Angeles to attend college and study anthropology and archeology in Tel Aviv."
Sharm El-Sheikh, Central District, Israel
"The money allowed Rosenstein, who was learning Hebrew, to build a new industry: dive centers, first in the Mediterranean and then in Sharm El-Sheikh on the Sinai Peninsula."
Egypt
"One very important theme for me is that I was part of a process that transformed a historic battleground, which Sinai has been from time immemorial, from the time of the ancient Egyptians and the Mesopotamian rulers, into an international playground, a desired tourism destination."
Sharm El-Sheikh, South Sinai, Egypt
"The money allowed Rosenstein, who was learning Hebrew, to build a new industry: dive centers, first in the Mediterranean and then in Sharm El-Sheikh on the Sinai Peninsula."
Israel
"So, at 77, is diving as much of fun for him now as it was when he was young? Thats a good question, Rosenstein said."

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