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Jerusalem Holiday

JL;DR SUMMARY Jerusalem Holiday, a book by Sharon Ann Musher, delves into the life of Hadassah Kaplan, the daughter of renowned Jewish leader Mordecai Kaplan, during her significant gap year in Jerusalem. 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 HistoryJerusalemZionismAmerican JewsJewish WomenMordecai KaplanGap Year1930sCultural ExplorationHadassah Kaplan

Places mentioned

Jerusalem, Israel
"her gap year in Jerusalem."
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"After Purim, Hadassah went to Tel Aviv that she finally made up her mind."
Israel
"had spent her year in Palestine."
New York City, New York, United States
"in New York City, September 1932."
Marseilles, Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur, France
"When their ship docked in Marseilles on Rosh Hashanah."
Cairo, Egypt
"She joined a group of tourists headed for Cairo."
Luxor, Egypt
"Hadassah wanted...with a group headed for Cairo and Luxor."
Petra, Mafraq, Jordan
"expedition to Petra, in what is now Jordan."
Egypt
"and put her up in their house, where she experienced new levels of luxury and privilege."
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