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This Stylish Holocaust Survivor Crossing Guard from New Jersey Is Our New Obsession

JL;DR SUMMARY Paulette Dorflaufer, a visually striking crossing guard aged 82, has captured online attention for her distinctive style in Livingston, New Jersey. 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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IdentityHistoryHolocaust SurvivorJewish FamilyAdoptionResilienceConnectionNew JerseyFashionPaulette Dorflaufer

Places mentioned

Livingston, New Jersey, United States
"Driving through Livingston, New Jersey, McAteer found the crossing guard of 20 years outfits impossible to ignore"
South Orange, New Jersey, United States
"was eventually adopted by an American Jewish couple from South Orange, New Jersey, at age 4"
France
"Paulette was born in Nazi-occupied France to a Jewish family, the youngest of 10 children."
Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
"She ended up in an orphanage in Marseille and was eventually adopted by an American Jewish couple"
Paris, France
"who told her she had two living sisters in Paris and a brother in Marseilles"

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