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Manischewitz Man

JL;DR SUMMARY As Pesach approaches, Jews worldwide engage in a flurry of shopping activities, leading even those who may not regularly display visible Jewish identity to fill their carts with Passover essentials. 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 TraditionsJewish IdentityPesachSeder NightManischewitzPassover ShoppingCultural NostalgiaSupermarket JewsPalwin No. 10Kiddush Wine

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United States
"In America, you might call them Manischewitz Man."
United Kingdom
"Being from England I think of them as Palwin People."

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