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The trouble with the Big Jewish Letter

JL;DR SUMMARY The article critiques the "Big Jewish Letter" phenomenon, a commonly used method of public protest in the Jewish community, highlighting its failure to effect real change. 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 CommunityJewish LeadershipAdvocacySocial ActionBig Jewish LetterCantors AssemblyRabbi Cantor Hillary ChornyJewish Ritualcraft

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Israel
"For the American Jewish community, the past 30 months have been doubly fraught as events in Israel, both beyond our reach and outside our control, packed an emotional punch."
Los Angeles, California, United States
"Rabbi Cantor Hillary Chorny is the cantor at Temple Beth Am in Los Angeles."

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