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The Bread of Affliction That Also Brings Hope

JL;DR SUMMARY In Bucharest, Romania, a matzah bakery has become an essential source of hope and sustenance for refugees from Odesa who fled Ukraine during the Russian bombardments. 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 TraditionNonprofitOrthodox Jewish CommunityTzedakahMatzahUkraine ConflictBucharestEmploymentTikva Children's HomeOdesa Refugees

Places mentioned

Bucharest, Romania
"A matzah bakery in Bucharest, Romania, provides essential employment to refugees forced to flee Odesa during the Russian bombardments of Ukraine."
Odesa, Odeshchyna, Ukraine
"A matzah bakery in Bucharest, Romania, provides essential employment to refugees forced to flee Odesa during the Russian bombardments of Ukraine."
Belarus
"a home to hundreds of children from Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova."
Moldova
"a home to hundreds of children from Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova."
United Kingdom
"The bakery also sells some 20,000 pounds to Jewish communities in England, Vienna, France, Belgium and other countries."
Vienna, Austria
"The bakery also sells some 20,000 pounds to Jewish communities in England, Vienna, France, Belgium and other countries."
France
"The bakery also sells some 20,000 pounds to Jewish communities in England, Vienna, France, Belgium and other countries."
Belgium
"The bakery also sells some 20,000 pounds to Jewish communities in England, Vienna, France, Belgium and other countries."
Israel
"While aliyah might have seemed like the natural solution, Tikvas administration ruled it out."
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