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What the 18Forty Team is Reading to Think About Teshuva

JL;DR SUMMARY As Rosh Hashanah approaches, the 18Forty team shares their diverse reading list aimed at fostering introspection and personal growth during the season of teshuva. 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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Rosh HashanahYamim NoraimJewish IdentitySpiritual GrowthRelationshipsTeshuvaIntrospectionLiterature18fortyChasidic Thought

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Washington, D.C., Washington DC, United States
"Hurwitza former White House speechwriter who rediscovered Judaism as an adultpushes back against the voices that distort or diminish Jewish identity."

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