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My Second Time in New Orleans

JL;DR SUMMARY In "My Second Time in New Orleans," a guest contributor shares a reflective journey through New Orleans with a Black and Jewish storytelling cohort. 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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StorytellingJewish TraditionSlaveryIntersectionalityMemoryLegacyNew OrleansBlack Jewish IdentityTourWhitney Plantation

Places mentioned

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
"Now there was not a large, beautiful baptist church in the middle of a slave plantation originally. There was a storm (this is New Orleans), or maybe it was a fire?"
United States
"My first (official) plantation: The Whitney."
Israel
"Shes traveling to Israel next week, with her littles and her husband."

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