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JL;DR SUMMARY The revival of sukkah construction is experiencing a modern renaissance, as seen with Wesleyan University's innovative WesSukkah, which merges traditional Jewish halakhic requirements with contemporary design elements. 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 TraditionCultural HeritageSukkotSukkahCommunity BuildingHalakhic RequirementsEnvironmental ConsciousnessWesleyan UniversityArchitectureContemporary Design

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Middletown, Connecticut, United States
"A group of undergraduate architecture students at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, followed that tradition when they rebuilt the WesSukkah this week."
Nineveh, Iraq
"on the afternoon of Yom Kippur, synagogue-goers read of Jonah sitting in his sukkah overlooking Nineveh"

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