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Mind the Gap

JL;DR SUMMARY When there's a significant age gap between siblings, familial dynamics can drastically differ, as seen in the stories of Jewish families where teens experience new siblings. 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 CultureSibling DynamicsJewish FamiliesFamilial RelationshipsFamily BondsAge GapSiblingsLife TransitionsYouth ExperiencesSeminal Life Events

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New York, United States
"Malka got to enjoy her new baby sister, Avigayil*, for her whole junior and senior year of high school before she went to seminary and then to New York for college."

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