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Infertility Forced Me to Rethink My Place in the Jewish Community

JL;DR SUMMARY Rachel Honeyman reflects on her journey through infertility and its implications within the Jewish community, emphasizing the isolation and grief experienced when traditional milestones of Jewish life remain out of reach. 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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FamilyJewish CommunityInfertilitySupportJewish ContinuityInclusionIsolationYizkorI Was Supposed To Have A BabyRachel Honeyman

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New York, United States
"I was sitting in synagogue when an all-too-familiar feeling washed over me."

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