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I’m a Jew in disguise – and I can spot antisemitism

JL;DR SUMMARY Michael Coren reflects on his childhood as a person of mixed Jewish heritage, navigating between Jewish and non-Jewish identities. 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 CommunityJewish IdentityMemoirRacismJewish UpbringingChildhood ExperiencesAnglican PriestMixed Heritage

Places mentioned

Whitechapel, England, United Kingdom
"My maternal grandparents lived two doors apart in Whitechapel and Dave Schneider and Bertha Jones fell in love."
Hackney, England, United Kingdom
"Sheila Schneider, who then married Phil Coren from Hackney."

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