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What 100 Jewish stories taught me about the meaning of Passover 

JL;DR SUMMARY The Passover story, as explored through 100 interviews conducted by Stephen D. Smith for the "Our Jewish Story" project, unveils its enduring significance as a rich narrative deeply embedded in Jewish identity and tradition. 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 HistoryPassoverJewish IdentityJewish PhilanthropySederFamily TraditionsExodus StoryHaggadahJewish DiversityCultural Transmission

Places mentioned

Russian Federation
"There were Jews from the former Soviet Union to Turkey, from Israel to North Africa, from Iran to Mexico, not to mention the suburbs of North America."
Turkey
"There were Jews from the former Soviet Union to Turkey, from Israel to North Africa, from Iran to Mexico, not to mention the suburbs of North America."
Israel
"There were Jews from the former Soviet Union to Turkey, from Israel to North Africa, from Iran to Mexico, not to mention the suburbs of North America."
Iran
"There were Jews from the former Soviet Union to Turkey, from Israel to North Africa, from Iran to Mexico, not to mention the suburbs of North America."
Mexico
"There were Jews from the former Soviet Union to Turkey, from Israel to North Africa, from Iran to Mexico, not to mention the suburbs of North America."
United States
"There were Jews from the former Soviet Union to Turkey, from Israel to North Africa, from Iran to Mexico, not to mention the suburbs of North America."
Belarus
"Ralph Berger, whose father co-founded the Bielski partisan brigade, named Passover as his favorite holiday because its a holiday of freedom, the same freedom his parents had fought for in the forest of Byelorussia."
South Africa
"Sara Elias described the aliyah of Soviet Jewry to Israel as a modern day exodus for which she prayed every year until it happened."

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