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Stitched in faith, woven in memory, these precious artifacts bind Jews to their history

JL;DR SUMMARY The exhibition "Binders of the Covenant" at Fordham University introduces 25 Torah binders from London's Memorial Scrolls Trust to an American audience. 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 HistoryHolocaustJewish RitualsJewish IdentityHiddur MitzvahArtistic ExpressionMemorial Scrolls TrustTorah BindersFordham UniversityRachel Kanter

Places mentioned

London, United Kingdom
"The binder is among 25 artifacts from Londons Memorial Scrolls Trust making their American debut in Fordham Universitys Binders of the Covenant exhibition."
New York, United States
"The binder is among 25 artifacts from Londons Memorial Scrolls Trust making their American debut in Fordham Universitys Binders of the Covenant exhibition."
Austria
"of local identity like in the Hapsburg double eagle or a German flag, Magda Teter, a chaired professor of History and Judaic Studies at Fordham, told me."
Germany
"of local identity like in the Hapsburg double eagle or a German flag, Magda Teter, a chaired professor of History and Judaic Studies at Fordham, told me."
Czechia
"as German, Czech, and Yiddish frequently replaced traditional Hebrew."
Auschwitz, Lesser Poland, Poland
"On Oct. 26, 1942, Rosenzweig, his wife, and child were murdered at Auschwitz."

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