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Memory, Integrity, and the Call of the Shofar

JL;DR SUMMARY Rivka Bennun Kay reflects on her final Rosh Hashanah in the UK, where she served as Senior Rabbi for the Sephardi Community, exploring themes of memory and personal integration. 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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Rosh HashanahJewish HistoryShofarJewish IdentityUnitySephardi CommunityMemoryIntegrationUk Jewish CommunitySpiritual Reflection

Places mentioned

United Kingdom
"This Rosh Hashanah will be my last in the UK after 12 years of serving as Senior Rabbi to the Spanish and Portuguese Sephardi Community of the UKthe oldest Jewish community in Britain."
Israel
"And now, as my family and I prepare to close this beautiful chapter of our lives and move to Israel in December, I am attempting the work of integrating these years into the whole of my life."

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