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Sephardic and Mizrahi Perspectives on the American Jewish Experience

JL;DR SUMMARY Three influential women discuss the Sephardic and Mizrahi Jewish experience in America during a virtual event hosted by Hadassah Magazine. 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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American Jewish ExperienceSephardic JewsMizrahi JewsJimenaHadassah MagazineLisa HosteinMasa IsraelEsther ChehebarSarah LevinRozeeta Mavashev

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San Francisco, California, United States
"Sarah Levin, executive director of JIMENA, a San Francisco-based nonprofit that advocates for Jews from the Middle East and North Africa."

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