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In the most talked-about Epstein File exchange, a lesson in Yiddish

JL;DR SUMMARY The Epstein Files, a cache of cryptic and controversial documents, includes an intriguing email exchange containing a Yiddish word, 'tsuris,' meaning troubles or woes. 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 CultureYiddishDonald TrumpLegal TroublesJeffrey EpsteinStephen BannonEpstein FilesMark EpsteinKompromatTsuris

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Times Square, New York, United States
"A billboard in Times Square calls for the release of the Epstein files on July 23, 2025."
Sea Gate, New York, United States
"Epstein, who grew up Jewish in Sea Gate, the heavily Jewish gated community in Brooklyns Coney Island, likely didnt need to travel in that literary demimonde to have picked up on this word."

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