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Thanksgiving in Jerusalem

JL;DR SUMMARY Jessica Steinberg reflects on her experience of celebrating Thanksgiving in Jerusalem as an American expat, amidst the backdrop of intense personal and national grief following the October 7th terror attacks in Israel. 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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JerusalemHamasTraditionCommunityResilienceHostagesThanksgivingAmerican ExpatsLife In Adversity

Places mentioned

Jerusalem, Israel
"My family always celebrates this most American of holidays with family and friends in our Jerusalem bubble of American-born expats."
Israel
"Ive lived in Israel for nearly 30 years, but as an ode to my American heritage, I have continued to mark the Thanksgiving traditions."
Gaza, Palestinian Territories
"After being held deep in a tunnel in Gaza, where he was starved and tortured, his Hamas captors executed him and five other hostages in August."
United States
"sometimes smuggled in by someone returning from a trip to the United States and, more recently, from one of the many Russian supermarkets in Israel."

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