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The Ghost of ‘Dreyfus’ Hits the Stage in New York

JL;DR SUMMARY Bernard-Henri Lévy discusses the enduring relevance of Jean-Claude Grumberg's play, "Dreyfus in Rehearsal," amid today's rising global antisemitism. 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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HolocaustWorld War IiFranceTheaterBernard Henri LévyDreyfus AffairJean Claude GrumbergLithuanian ShtetlYonatan Esterkin

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New York City, New York, United States
"The play is now the subject of a new production, Dreyfus in Rehearsal Again, in New York Cityand for two nights only, on June 2 and 3, it will feature BHL himself."
Paris, France
"It portrayed a theater troupe in 1931, in a Lithuanian shtetl during the rise of Nazism, attempting to stage a play about the Dreyfus Affair."
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