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In a state with few Jews, how teachers introduce students to Hanukkah

JL;DR SUMMARY In Montana, where Jewish populations are sparse, the Montana Jewish Project is utilizing Hanukkah curriculum boxes to introduce schoolchildren to the festival's traditions and significant historical events. 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 CultureEducationDiversityHanukkahInclusionSolidarityMontanaMontana Jewish ProjectBillings Story

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Choteau, Montana, United States
"Students at Choteau Elementary School light Hanukkah candles."
Billings, Montana, United States
"In 1993 in Billings, neo-Nazis threw a brick through a 6-year-old Jewish boys bedroom window, which was displaying a menorah."

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