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Jamie Lee Curtis Just Used the Best Yiddish Word

JL;DR SUMMARY Jamie Lee Curtis, renowned actress and daughter of Jewish singer Tony Curtis, creatively utilizes her Jewish heritage and Yiddish language to comment on societal issues. 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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HolocaustYiddishJewish HeritageInstagramJewish WomenKvellerJamie Lee CurtisPlastic SurgeryGeschreiTony Curtis

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Hungary
"who immigrated from Hungary and whose hometowns Jewish population was completely decimated during the Holocaust."
New York, United States
"While sharing a New York Times article about plastic surgery,"

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