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How Jewish Communities Can Help Couples Going Through Divorce

JL;DR SUMMARY Divorce, a significant and growing reality within Jewish communities, remains an under-addressed challenge compared to issues like illness or infertility. 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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Community SupportEmotional TraumaJewish Communal LifeMediationJewish DivorceDivorce PreventionEarly InterventionFinancial ImpactJdacFamily Stability

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Los Angeles, California, United States
"There is currently only one organization in North America that treats divorce as a front-door issue: the Jewish Divorce Assistance Center (JDAC) in Los Angeles."

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