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'When in doubt, deliver water'

JL;DR SUMMARY Seba Abudaqa, a Palestinian from Gaza, and Tom Kellner, an Israeli from Berlin, co-founded Clean Shelter, a grassroots nonprofit organization providing vital aid to those displaced by the Israel-Gaza conflict, highlighting their pragmatic and humane approach amidst geopolitical complexities. 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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GazaHumanitarian AidWomen's RightsSanitationPirkei AvotGrassroots EffortsClean ShelterPalestinian Israeli CooperationWater Access

Places mentioned

New Haven, Connecticut, United States
"Seba Abudaqa (left) and Tom Kellner (right) discussing their nonprofit at Yale University."
Berlin, Germany
"More than 1,600 cubic meters of clean drinking water last year, to be precise, serving about 3,000 families displaced by the fighting."
Gaza, Palestinian Territories
"built 229 toilets in Gaza tent camps last year."
Los Angeles, California, United States
"I met Abudaqa earlier this month in Los Angeles, where we both were honored as trailblazers by a group called NewGround: a Muslim-Jewish Partnership for Change."
Haifa, Northern District, Israel
"Kellner, whose first name is Hebrew for innocence, was born in Haifa and grew up in a yishuv kehilati, or community settlement."
Neve Shalom, Northern District, Israel
"The two women met, poetically, on Oct. 8, 2023. It was the first meeting of a coexistence dialogue group for expats, organized by Neve Shalom/Wahat al-Salam"

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