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Making Myself at Home: A Graphic Aliyah Adventure

JL;DR SUMMARY Hannah Finkelshteyn, an alumna of Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University, shares her personal Aliyah journey through a graphic narrative on Instagram, under the handle @broocheemhabaeem. 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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IdentityInstagramHadassahAliyahArtRutgers UniversityCultureGraphic StorytellingMason Gross School Of The Arts

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Israel
"She documents her Aliyah on Instagram at @broocheemhabaeem."
New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
"Hannah Finkelshteyn is a graduate of Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University."

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