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How to Be a Jew ... on New Year's

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JL;DR SUMMARY The episode explores the Jewish perspective on New Year's celebrations, discussing how Rosh Hashanah differs from and compares to the secular New Year. 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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Rosh HashanahJewish TraditionsSocial MediaEmpathyResolutionsCultural ReflectionNew Year'sHoliday ComparisonSylvesterInteriority

Places mentioned

Israel
"But then the Catholics have a saint day. Well, Sylvester's saint day happens to be December 31st. So in Israel, it's not Happy New Year or Happy New Year's Eve. It's actually called Sylvester."
New York, United States
"But wait, did we just call Rosh Hashanah a practice New Year? It's the OG New Year. The OG New Year."
United States
"My tradition for the last dozen years, probably, has been to get together with a bunch of friends, mostly gay male couples in our 50s and above, in the Catskills, where my husband and I have a house."
France
"So my wife being French, normally we celebrate at six o'clock and then I'm done because you can put the kids to bed."

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