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The Widow Mandelbaum Dreams

JL;DR SUMMARY Goldie Mandelbaum, a widow living in the small Jewish community of Khmelnytsky, experiences life-altering dreams of her late husband, Moshe, who advises her against remarrying suitors Hymie Perkofsky and Reuven Sonenschien. 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 CommunityDreamsWidowSocial DynamicsDybbukPersonal AgencyMoshe MandelbaumKhmelnytskyMarriage Proposal1935

Places mentioned

Khmelnytsky, Khmelnychchyna, Ukraine
"Khmelnytsky, a small city of perhaps 20,000 people, including nearly 4,000 Jewish souls, supported only three full-time kosher butchers."
Pomerania, Poland
"And, having stared in horror at the tire tread marks across his chest after the mishap with the omnibus, Goldie was pretty certain it was the latter. Here she was, trying mightily to get on with her life, raise the children properly, and Moshe was playing tricks on her from sheol or wherever. Anyway, she did not need his further matrimonial advice"
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
"A month later, the S.S. Breslau sailed from the port of Danzig on its way to Halifax, Nova Scotia."
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
"Anyway, Wysbrodt had a cousin in Montreal."

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