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Roswell, New Mexico, is rife with UFOs, scorpions and conspiracy theories — but few Jews

JL;DR SUMMARY Nestled in the dusty expanse of New Mexico, Roswell is infamous for the 1947 UFO incident, a saga sustained by the efforts of Jewish nuclear physicist Stanton T. Friedman. 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 CommunityHolocaust EducationTourismCongregation Bnai IsraelAvi LoebJews In AmericaUfoRoswellStanton FriedmanAlien Conspiracy

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Roswell, New Mexico, United States
"ROSWELL, New Mexico If it werent for an Ashkenazi Jew named Stanton T. Friedman, the world might have long ago forgotten whats come to be known simply as the Roswell incident."
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
"Roswells only synagogue, Congregation Bnai Israel, closed up and moved to Albuquerque five years ago."
Roswell, Georgia, United States
"A Google search for Roswell and Jewish reveals three synagogues in Roswell, Georgia a suburb of Atlanta one of which is a Messianic church."

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