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The cost of leaving small-town Jews behind

JL;DR SUMMARY The article emphasizes the importance of supporting small-town Jewish communities, highlighting how neglect in this area can lead to spiritual and practical losses within the Jewish people. 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 EducationJewish LeadershipWaterville MaineCenter For Small Town Jewish LifeRural Jewish CommunitiesJewish ConnectionSmall Town JewsCommunity InvestmentSpiritual ResponsibilityJewish Disenfranchisement

Places mentioned

Waterville, Maine, United States
"When I first arrived in Waterville, Maine, the numbers did not add up."
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
"how out of place she had felt among the Jewish community at her Boston college."
Newport News, Virginia, United States
"Two of my most important mentors were small-town Jews: Rabbi David Ellenson zl from Newport News, Va."
Elmira, New York, United States
"and Harlene Winnick Appleman, zl from Elmira, N.Y."

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