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How Abraham Lincoln in a kippah wound up making a $250,000 deal on ‘Shark Tank’

JL;DR SUMMARY Ari Siegel, a Jewish entrepreneur, attracted attention on Shark Tank by donning an Abraham Lincoln outfit complete with a kippah and kapota to pitch his business, History By Mail. 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 CultureJewish IdentityTu BishvatJewish EntrepreneurshipShark TankAri SiegelHistory By MailPrimary SourcesDaniel LubetzkyBusiness Pitch

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Michigan, United States
"Siegel grew up in a fifth-generation Reform Jewish family in Michigan and became more religiously observant when he attended the University of Michigan."
Dallas, Texas, United States
"Two Jewish Sharks took a pass on Siegels pitch: Mark Cuban, the Dallas Mavericks minority owner whose edition focused on the history of basketball, and Lori Greiner, the TV personality who got a version about Annie Oakley."
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
"Siegel grew up in a fifth-generation Reform Jewish family in Michigan and became more religiously observant when he attended the University of Michigan."
Los Angeles, California, United States
"As he prepared for his episode, Siegel said he successfully pushed back on the studio when they initially scheduled his taping for Shabbat."

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