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JL;DR SUMMARY Ephraim Nachman shares his unique spiritual journey from being a Muslim to a member of the Chassidic community in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. 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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IdentityReligious JourneySpiritualityIslamChristianityMonotheismWilliamsburgChassidic JudaismEphraim NachmanPuerto Rican

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Williamsburg, New York, United States
"When I was a young kid growing up in Williamsburg in Brooklyn, nothing looked weirder to me than the chassidic guys who lived on the other side of the Marcy Avenue train station."

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