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Loehmann’s Might Be Coming Back. Will it Capture the Jewish Spirit of the Original?

JL;DR SUMMARY Loehmanns, the iconic off-price department store fondly regarded by many in the Jewish community, may be making a comeback as an online store. 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 CultureBrooklynJewish CommunityNostalgiaJewish American HistoryRetailLoehmannsCommunal Dressing RoomsFrida LoehmannShopping Experience

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Brooklyn, New York, United States
"Our readers consider Loehmanns which started in Brooklyn in 1921 a Jewish institution and would probably keep the new store afloat."
Houston, Texas, United States
"I have a few fleeting memories of shopping at Loehmanns as a child with my mom in the 90s, in a strip mall off of a highway in Houston, Texas."
Crown Heights, New York, United States
"Crown Heights, Brooklyn, Fordham Road in the Bronx before the generations of Jews that were able to afford and be accepted into the finer aspects of society."
The Bronx, New York, United States
"Crown Heights, Brooklyn, Fordham Road in the Bronx before the generations of Jews that were able to afford and be accepted into the finer aspects of society."
New York, United States
"If you shopped in a New York store or one of their Long Island branches you felt right at home."
Miami, Florida, United States
"If you traveled to Miami, you were sure to meet someone you knew."
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
"my mother, who lived not far from the Loehmanns in a suburb of Philadelphia; my sister, who shopped at the Loehmanns in Minneapolis, and I living in San Francisco, had each purchased the exact same skirt while shopping in our respective stores the day before!"
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
"my mother, who lived not far from the Loehmanns in a suburb of Philadelphia; my sister, who shopped at the Loehmanns in Minneapolis, and I living in San Francisco, had each purchased the exact same skirt while shopping in our respective stores the day before!"
San Francisco, California, United States
"my mother, who lived not far from the Loehmanns in a suburb of Philadelphia; my sister, who shopped at the Loehmanns in Minneapolis, and I living in San Francisco, had each purchased the exact same skirt while shopping in our respective stores the day before!"

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