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The Song of the Lost Violin

JL;DR SUMMARY The discovery of a potentially significant violin by Habitat for Humanity in Washington highlights the complex web of history and identity. 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 HistoryHolocaustStar Of DavidJewish FederationArtifactsViolinViolins Of HopeHabitat For HumanityBielskiMusikwinkel

Places mentioned

Port Angeles, Washington, United States
"did a Holocaust-era violin associated with the Bielski partisans actually end up in Port Angeles, Washington, and how?"
Davenport, Washington, United States
"Ross brought the violin, which has an inlaid mother of pearl Star of David, to a luthier in Davenport to fix it up."
Davenport, Iowa, United States
"Ross brought the violin, which has an inlaid mother of pearl Star of David, to a luthier in Davenport to fix it up."
Seattle, Washington, United States
"Miller brought Violins of Hope to Seattle in March of 2020, where a local resident came forward with a similar instrument."
Washington, United States
"in other news Seattle community colleges district reviewing professor for anti-Israel email"
Markneukirchen, Saxony, Germany
"The luthier determined that the violin likely originated in either Markneukirchen, Germany or Schoenbach, Czechoslovakia (now Luby, Czech Republic)"
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"Turner apparently found Ross while trying to connect with Violins of Hope, a Tel Aviv-based nonprofit run by father and son duo Amnon and Avshalom (Avshi) Weinstein"

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