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Life Goes On at My Synagogue, Including the Hate on Its Doorstep

JL;DR SUMMARY Amidst the regular Shabbat services at Beth Israel Congregation in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the community continues to face the persistent presence of antisemitic demonstrators, who have protested outside the synagogue every Shabbat for 22 years. 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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ProtestJewish CommunityShabbatSynagogueExodusHateAnn ArborTabernacleBeth Israel Congregation

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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
"Shabbat services at Beth Israel Congregation in Ann Arbor, Michigan, seemed routine on Saturday morning"
West Bloomfield, Michigan, United States
"a man with a rifle and explosives had driven into the largest synagogue in West Bloomfield, about 40 miles up the road"
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