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The work no one sees: The paradox of caring for Israel’s double orphans 

JL;DR SUMMARY In the wake of the October 7th massacre, Israel faces the challenge of supporting dozens of children who have been rendered orphans, having lost both parents. 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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"Israel was confronted with a scale of loss that massively shifted thousands of lives."

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