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How My Favorite Book Brought Me Closer to My Family This Thanksgiving

JL;DR SUMMARY Cody Fitzpatrick shares how Stephen Dubner's memoir "Choosing My Religion" has been instrumental in rekindling a connection with his Jewish heritage and family. 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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ReligionJewish IdentityMemoirIntermarriageFamily HistoryThanksgivingHeritageStephen DubnerChoosing My Religion

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Brooklyn, New York, United States
"Dubner tells of how his parents, both born Brooklyn Jews, became fiery converts to Catholicism"

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