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The Moment: Issue 1074

JL;DR SUMMARY Shmuel Mashiach, a Chicago businessman, offered $1,000 to teens he met at Ben Gurion Airport if they kept Shabbos for four weeks on their return to the U.S., hoping to inspire them to embrace the practice after experiencing it 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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ChicagoTraditionJewish CommunitiesInspirationFaithShabbosBen Gurion AirportNcsyShomer Shabbos

Places mentioned

Tel Aviv District, Israel
"standing in the security line at Ben Gurion Airport, together with hundreds of unaffiliated teens who were returning from their summer trip to Israel"
Chicago, Illinois, United States
"Shmuel Mashiach is a Chicago-based businessman who found himself standing in the security line at Ben Gurion Airport"
Lakewood, New Jersey, United States
"Its bein hazmanim, so Rav Yisroel Newman, the Lakewood Rosh Yeshivah, uses the time for a change of scenery."

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