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JL;DR SUMMARY As Jews worldwide prepare for the Passover Seder, Egyptian Jews like Rabbi Albert Gabbai reflect on their own modern-day exodus. 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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United StatesPassoverJewish CommunityExileSederExodusCairoEgyptian JewsRabbi Albert GabbaiNasser

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Cairo, Egypt
"Imprisoned under Nasser in 1960s Cairo, Gabbai is part of a small Egyptian Jewish community now living in the United Statesone whose experience of exile and return still shapes how its own Exodus tale is told."
United States
"Gabbai is part of a small Egyptian Jewish community now living in the United Statesone whose experience of exile and return still shapes how its own Exodus tale is told."

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