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LA fires won't stop bar mitzvahs this Shabbat, as joy and pain meet

JL;DR SUMMARY Despite the devastating wildfires sweeping Los Angeles, which have left many homeless and disrupted daily life, the Jewish community has united to ensure that bar mitzvahs continue as planned. 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 TraditionJewish CommunityCommunity SupportResilienceLos AngelesBar MitzvahRabbi Paul KipnesWildfiresTemple JudeaCongregation Or Ami

Places mentioned

Los Angeles, California, United States
"Flames from the Palisades Fire burn in front of the Jewish Temple Chabah of Pacific Palisades in Los Angeles, California."
Calabasas, California, United States
"It was a makeshift dress rehearsal for what will be a makeshift bar mitzvah: Or Ami, a Reform synagogue in Calabasas, lost power this week as fires swept across Los Angeles."
Westwood, California, United States
"the other, whose home survived, will have theirs at Sinai Temple, a Conservative synagogue in Westwood that is hosting KI this Shabbat."

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