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Why Jews Added a Lemon to Their Seder Plates This Year

JL;DR SUMMARY In a heartfelt addition to the traditional Passover seder, many Jews included a lemon on their plates this year, following the poignant call from Rachel Goldberg-Polin. 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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PassoverPersonal ReflectionHostagesRachel Goldberg PolinHersh Goldberg PolinFreedomSymbolismSeder PlateLemonModern Tradition

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Gaza, Palestinian Territories
"Rachel Goldberg-Polin, the mother of slain hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin, who was executed with four others in a tunnel in Gaza last summer."

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