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While Yiddish lives, Isaac Bashevis Singer’s ghost stories may flourish

JL;DR SUMMARY Isaac Bashevis Singer's ghost stories, which intertwine Jewish mysticism and Yiddish folklore, are being celebrated in the play 'Bashevis Demons' at Theatre 154 in New York. 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 FolkloreYiddishNew YorkTheaterHanukkahIsaac Bashevis SingerCultureShtetl LifeSuperstitionGhost Stories

Places mentioned

Buenos Aires, Argentina
"Starring Shane Baker and Miriyem-Khaye Seigel, the show played Buenos Aires, Stockholm and Rio De Janeiro before arriving in Singers adopted home of New York (where he found employment here at the Forward)."
Stockholm, Sweden
"Starring Shane Baker and Miriyem-Khaye Seigel, the show played Buenos Aires, Stockholm and Rio De Janeiro before arriving in Singers adopted home of New York (where he found employment here at the Forward)."
Rio De Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
"Starring Shane Baker and Miriyem-Khaye Seigel, the show played Buenos Aires, Stockholm and Rio De Janeiro before arriving in Singers adopted home of New York (where he found employment here at the Forward)."
New York, United States
"Starring Shane Baker and Miriyem-Khaye Seigel, the show played Buenos Aires, Stockholm and Rio De Janeiro before arriving in Singers adopted home of New York (where he found employment here at the Forward)."

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