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NYC synagogue hosts Catholic archbishop and Sandy Koufax jersey to mark 60-year milestones in American Jewish history

JL;DR SUMMARY Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove of a New York synagogue surprised his congregation on Yom Kippur by spotlighting significant 60-year milestones in American Jewish history. 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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Yom KippurJewish IdentityInterfaith DialogueAmerican Jewish HistorySandy KoufaxNostra AetateCatholic Jewish RelationsRabbi Elliot CosgroveArchbishop Timothy Dolan

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New York, United States
"In his first surprise for his congregation on Yom Kippur, Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove brought out one surprise after another that might be anathema for a New York synagogue."
Los Angeles, California, United States
"First: a Los Angeles Dodgers jersey."
United States
"Dolan noted that New Yorks 300 parishes took up a collection for Israelis devastated by Oct. 7 and raised enough to rebuild a home that was destroyed in Hamas attack."
Israel
"Dolan noted that New Yorks 300 parishes took up a collection for Israelis devastated by Oct. 7 and raised enough to rebuild a home that was destroyed in Hamas attack."

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