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The surprising thing I learned about my tough-as-nails Bubby

JL;DR SUMMARY Lisa Mayer reflects on the life and character of her grandmother, Rebbetzin Weintraub, unveiling her surprising romantic past. 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 IdentityCultural HeritageFamily TraditionsWomen In JudaismHolocaust MemoriesFamily StoriesLithuanian JewsRebbetzin WeintraubLove And Duty

Places mentioned

Queens, New York, United States
"I sat next to her, in the first row of the tiny ladies section at our Young Israel of Hillcrest, in Queens, New York."
Lithuania
"she started to tell me about her girlhood in Lithuania."
Antwerp, Belgium
"and in her late teens she moved to Antwerp, Belgium, and she and a friend started a Torah study group."

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