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How to kick the gossip habit for 2025

JL;DR SUMMARY The struggle against gossip, known in Jewish terms as lashon hara, gains a modern twist through a WhatsApp group founded by health coach Suzy Glaskie. 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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Self ImprovementJewish EthicsCommunity SupportJewish WomenWhatsapp GroupLashon HaraModern JudaismGossipSocial HabitsSuzy Glaskie

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Manchester, United Kingdom
"wondering, in the most reductive terms, if I and other women in my Manchester community could learn how not to bitch inside ten weeks."
London, United Kingdom
"from Manchester but also London and New York, who had signed up to learn about the power of words."
New York, United States
"from Manchester but also London and New York, who had signed up to learn about the power of words."

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