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Sometimes the dead bring the living together

JL;DR SUMMARY In a world where Jews often feel beleaguered, unexpected sources of positivity emerge from graveyards. 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 CultureJewish HistoryFilmJewish IdentityOrthodox JudaismCommunityHeritageUk Jewish Film FestivalGraveyardsBritish Jewish Life

Places mentioned

Bath, Bath and North East Somerset, United Kingdom
"The graveyard has now become a hub for Jewish life in Bath."
Kings Lynn, Norfolk, United Kingdom
"Orphaned graveyards in fact, Jewish burial grounds in towns like Wolverhampton, Kings Lynn and Bath where there are no longer enough living Jews to maintain a synagogue or a community and our dead sleep on alone."
Wolverhampton, Shropshire, United Kingdom
"Orphaned graveyards in fact, Jewish burial grounds in towns like Wolverhampton, Kings Lynn and Bath where there are no longer enough living Jews to maintain a synagogue or a community and our dead sleep on alone."
Stamford Hill, Shropshire, United Kingdom
"This year the lights shone on Stamford Hills Adeni community."
London, Shropshire, United Kingdom
"Carol Isaacs beautiful film Torn was about the ripped and defaced posters of hostages around London, and the people who desecrate them."

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