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When you invite your ancestors into your sukkah, consider bringing their Jewish languages in, too

JL;DR SUMMARY Sarah Bunin Benor explores inviting ancestors, not only symbolically, but through their languages, into the sukkah during Sukkot in her article. 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 TraditionsImmigrationSukkotJewish LanguagesLinguistic HeritageUshpizinCultural MemoryAncestorsCommunity PracticesHeritage Words

Places mentioned

Los Angeles, California, United States
"In my community in Los Angeles, I have noticed and participated in a new approach: summoning the presence of more recent ancestors."
Paris, Île-de-France, France
"Most Jews today have ancestors who migrated from Fes to Paris, Sanaa to Tel Aviv, Baghdad to London, Damascus to Brooklyn, Rhodes to Seattle, Tehran to Los Angeles, or Warsaw to Chicago, to give just a few examples."
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"Most Jews today have ancestors who migrated from Fes to Paris, Sanaa to Tel Aviv, Baghdad to London, Damascus to Brooklyn, Rhodes to Seattle, Tehran to Los Angeles, or Warsaw to Chicago, to give just a few examples."
London, United Kingdom
"Most Jews today have ancestors who migrated from Fes to Paris, Sanaa to Tel Aviv, Baghdad to London, Damascus to Brooklyn, Rhodes to Seattle, Tehran to Los Angeles, or Warsaw to Chicago, to give just a few examples."
Brooklyn, New York, United States
"Most Jews today have ancestors who migrated from Fes to Paris, Sanaa to Tel Aviv, Baghdad to London, Damascus to Brooklyn, Rhodes to Seattle, Tehran to Los Angeles, or Warsaw to Chicago, to give just a few examples."
Seattle, Washington, United States
"Most Jews today have ancestors who migrated from Fes to Paris, Sanaa to Tel Aviv, Baghdad to London, Damascus to Brooklyn, Rhodes to Seattle, Tehran to Los Angeles, or Warsaw to Chicago, to give just a few examples."
Tehran, Fars, Iran
"Most Jews today have ancestors who migrated from Fes to Paris, Sanaa to Tel Aviv, Baghdad to London, Damascus to Brooklyn, Rhodes to Seattle, Tehran to Los Angeles, or Warsaw to Chicago, to give just a few examples."
Chicago, Illinois, United States
"Most Jews today have ancestors who migrated from Fes to Paris, Sanaa to Tel Aviv, Baghdad to London, Damascus to Brooklyn, Rhodes to Seattle, Tehran to Los Angeles, or Warsaw to Chicago, to give just a few examples."
Lithuania
"When I hear the term of endearment bunchky, it brings up fond memories of my grandfather, and it reminds me that my great-grandparents immigrated from Lithuania to the United States speaking Yiddish."

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