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What We’re Reading This Pesach

JL;DR SUMMARY Facing a unique Pesach amid global uncertainty and persisting antisemitism, Rivka Bennun Kay highlights the grounding power of books in her reading recommendations. 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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Places mentioned

Israel
"In Israel, some families will be grieving losses, while others will commence the Seder with one or more family members in reserve duty."
United States
"Meanwhile, the gap between American and Israeli Jews deepens, and antisemitism continues to surge around the world."
Gaza, Palestinian Territories
"Personally, Ive been thinking about how this Pesach is the first in two years with no hostages in Gazawhere we can finally declare with joy and relief that we are wholly free people."
Iran
"As the war with Iran wages on, Jews around the world welcome Pesach with a degree of uncertainty about the future."

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