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Jamie Lee Curtis Recalls Visiting Budapest Synagogue With Her Late Sister, Kelly Curtis

JL;DR SUMMARY Jamie Lee Curtis recently shared a poignant tribute to her late sister, Kelly Curtis, who passed away at the age of 69. 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 HeritageHungaryHolocaust MemorialGriefFamily HistoryJamie Lee CurtisTony CurtisKelly CurtisDohány Street SynagogueEmmanuel Foundation

Places mentioned

Budapest, Hungary
"We started out in Hungary, in Budapest, where Tony Curtis family, Schwartz, was from, a small town, Mtszalka near Budapest, Curtis wrote to her followers."
Mátészalka, Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg, Hungary
"We started out in Hungary, in Budapest, where Tony Curtis family, Schwartz, was from, a small town, Mtszalka near Budapest, Curtis wrote to her followers."

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