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Meet the upbeat, Yiddish-chatting Israeli soldier, Yonatan

JL;DR SUMMARY Yonatan Alman, a 33-year-old Israeli reservist, has become a social media sensation by sharing his upbeat experiences during active duty through Yiddish video clips. 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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YiddishIdfSocial MediaYiddish CultureIsraeli SoldierYonatan AlmanYiddish MusicCultureLanguage RevivalHebrew Vs. Yiddish In Israel

Places mentioned

Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"Alman, who works as a sales and marketing representative in Tel Aviv, was born in Kfar Daniel, a moshav in central Israel, in 1990."
London, United Kingdom
"In 2019, an exhibition in London featured dozens of photographs the elder Altman had taken of life in Jewish London in the 1970s, including shots of kosher butchers, wine merchants and Jewish bakeries."

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