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JL;DR SUMMARY What If? 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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Israeli SocietyIdfPhilanthropyJewish LiteracyKiddush HashemOrthodox CommunityIsraeli EducationSecular And Religious DivideChareidi Involvement

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"WHAT IF Israeli secular schools addressed the fact that their graduates are by and large Jewish illiterates who are unable to identify Rashi or Rambam, or Mishnah or Gemara (let alone open them), and often do not know the difference between Moses the Lawgiver and Moses Maimonides, but who have read some Shakespeare and Bialik?"

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