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Making the Bintel Brief New

JL;DR SUMMARY Liana Finck's art exhibition at Sixth and I synagogue breathes new life into the historic "Bintel Brief," once a cornerstone advice column of the Forward newspaper. 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 CultureJewish HistoryThe ForwardBintel BriefLiana Finck20th CenturyGraphic NovelsVisual StorytellingArt ExhibitionsImmigrant Stories

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Washington, Washington DC, United States
"A lively, smart example of how to preserve Jewish culture by rethinking and extending its meaning, context and form can be found these days at Sixth and I synagogue, where a modest and unassuming exhibition, Liana Finck: The Bintel Brief, has just opened."

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