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Jewish Moms Look Back at 2024

JL;DR SUMMARY In "Jewish Moms Look Back at 2024," Jewish mothers reflect on the complexities and challenges they faced over the past year while raising children in a world increasingly marked by antisemitism and cultural tensions. 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 TraditionsDiversityCultural IdentitySafetyParentingJewish MothersParent Child CommunicationCultural Tensions2024 Reflections

Places mentioned

Israel
"And I want them to have empathy for their first cousins who just this week visited from Israel, and immediately scoured our Brooklyn apartment looking for the mamad (a reinforced concrete room built into apartments in Israel to protect residents from missile attacks and other threats)."
Brooklyn, New York, United States
"And I want them to have empathy for their first cousins who just this week visited from Israel, and immediately scoured our Brooklyn apartment looking for the mamad (a reinforced concrete room built into apartments in Israel to protect residents from missile attacks and other threats)."
Illinois, United States
"Its been a big factor in why we left San Francisco and moved to the Chicago suburbs."
San Francisco, California, United States
"Its been a big factor in why we left San Francisco and moved to the Chicago suburbs."
Gaza, Palestinian Territories
"If youre distressed by something your teenager says about Israel, Palestine, or Gaza, take some deep breaths."

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