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Meet the man who’s cleaning up antisemitic graffiti on the streets of Winnipeg—all by himself

JL;DR SUMMARY Avrom Charach, a Jewish community leader in Winnipeg, has independently removed over 100 pieces of antisemitic graffiti since October 7, amid a surge in hate crimes in the city. 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 CommunityHate CrimesTikkun OlamProperty ManagementVolunteerismWinnipegCommunity LeaderAvrom CharachGraffiti RemovalPolice Support

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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
"Meet the man who’s cleaning up antisemitic graffiti on the streets of Winnipeg—all by himself"
River Heights, Manitoba, Canada
"It's kind of in between downtown and what we call River Heights. But it's full of the kind of people who like to own 100-year-old homes and walk around in Birkenstocks, to say it in a sort of way."
Charleswood, Manitoba, Canada
"That's the voice of a senior Winnipeg police inspector at a news conference two weeks ago where they announced the arrest of a young local man charged with 26 counts of spraying s"
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Retrieved 2025-02-04 05:30:35 UTC
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