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JL;DR SUMMARY Liel Leibovitz explores the fascinating world of Jewish folk medicine in Eastern Europe through the lens of his great-great-great-grandmother, depicting how Jews historically engaged in what is now termed biohacking. 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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Eastern EuropeCultural HistoryJewish WomenPale Of SettlementJewish Folk MedicineBiohackingTraditional HealingSpiritual RemediesHerbal RemediesHantshe Of Gliniany

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Gliniany, Lvivshchyna, Ukraine
"Or take Hantshe of Gliniany, a celebrated healer in what is now western Ukraine: Like many biohackers, she, too, came to healing after suffering terrible tragedy, in her case losing 10 children, none of whom lived until their third birthday."

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