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When the bar mitzvah boy’s dad is running for mayor

JL;DR SUMMARY Scott Stringer, former Manhattan borough president and New York City's comptroller, is preparing both for his son Maxwell's bar mitzvah and his own return to politics. 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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New York CityEric AdamsPro Palestinian ProtestsJewish VotersBar MitzvahMayoral RaceScott StringerSexual Misconduct AllegationsTorah Portion Vayishlach

Places mentioned

Manhattan, New York, United States
"The couple, who do not belong to a synagogue, taught him some Hebrew and have rented a hall in their downtown Manhattan neighborhood for what they described as a private, intimate affair."
Brooklyn, New York, United States
"His successor as comptroller, Brad Lander, is also Jewish and a rival for the support of progressives, including the left-leaning Jews of Manhattan and Brooklyn."
Crown Heights, New York, United States
"The other announced candidates are State Sen. Zellnor Myrie, who represents the heavily Jewish Brooklyn neighborhoods of Crown Heights, East Flatbush and Park Slope."
East Flatbush, New York, United States
"The other announced candidates are State Sen. Zellnor Myrie, who represents the heavily Jewish Brooklyn neighborhoods of Crown Heights, East Flatbush and Park Slope."
Park Slope, New York, United States
"The other announced candidates are State Sen. Zellnor Myrie, who represents the heavily Jewish Brooklyn neighborhoods of Crown Heights, East Flatbush and Park Slope."
Queens, New York, United States
"The other announced candidates are State Sen. Jessica Ramos, a progressive from Queens; Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani, who is also from Queens, and the author of a bill to penalize charities backing Israeli settlements;"
Bronx, New York, United States
"and Rep. Ritchie Torres, a pro-Israel Democrat from the Bronx."

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