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Pressing Pause on Peace

JL;DR SUMMARY Cindy Scarr's article humorously explores the idea of influential op-ed writers from Mishpacha Magazine trying to step into each other's shoes, with fake identities no less. 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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TrumpPrayerJewish TeachingsHumorOp EdMedia CritiqueRav Moshe ShapiraImitation

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