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When the mishlachat arrived: The unplanned magic of Jewish peoplehood 

JL;DR SUMMARY At Camp Yavneh, a spontaneous event unfolded that exemplified the essence of Jewish peoplehood. 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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Jewish IdentityCelebrationCommunityKlal YisraelJewish PeoplehoodMishlachatJewish CampingSpontaneityCamp Yavneh

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Yavneh, New Hampshire, United States
"At Camp Yavneh, we think deeply about how to inculcate Jewish peoplehood and what it means to be part of Klal Yisrael."
Israel
"to Israel and to Jews worldwide.But sometimes, the most profound expressions of Jewish peoplehood happen when were not planning at all."

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