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What rabbinic wisdom taught me in the wake of the BAFTA scandal

JL;DR SUMMARY The BAFTA Awards faced a storm of controversy after John Davidson, featured in a film about living with Tourette Syndrome, involuntarily shouted a racial slur during the ceremony. 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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TeshuvaPublic ShamingSocial Media ImpactOnaat DevarimTochechaBafta ScandalJohn DavidsonTourette SyndromeRabbi Shais RishonRabbi Lauren Tuchman

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Durham, North Carolina, United States
"Originally from Durham, NC, she is a 2024 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, where she majored in sociology."
Washington DC, United States
"Rabbi Shais Rishon, known by his pen name MaNishtana, leads the congregation Ohel Eidot CHeMDaTA, a D.C. synagogue for African American and Caribbean Jews."

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