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The secret Jewish history of UFOs (and why Ezekiel might have had a close encounter)

JL;DR SUMMARY Seth Rogovoy explores the connection between Jewish texts and the concept of UFOs, suggesting that ancient Jewish theology may accommodate the existence of extraterrestrial life. 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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Steven SpielbergJewish TheologyMidrashMerkavahUfosEzekielExtraterrestrial LifeKabbalistic ThoughtNefilimClose Encounters Of The Third Kind

Places mentioned

Jerusalem, Israel
"The Forward once ran a short piece entitled Putting Israels UFO Frenzy Into Historical Perspective, after videos surfaced purporting to show UFOs hovering over the Jerusalem skyline."
Ukraine
"among his human shipmates, played by Leonard Nimoy, the Yiddish-speaking child of Jewish-Ukrainian immigrants to Boston."
New York, United States
"In April, 2002, the New Yorker ran a long-form piece reviewing the history of the search for UFOs."
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
"among his human shipmates, played by Leonard Nimoy, the Yiddish-speaking child of Jewish-Ukrainian immigrants to Boston."

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