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Yiddish California cultural center plans move to La Paz, Mexico

JL;DR SUMMARY The Yiddish Arts and Academics Association of North America (YAAANA) is moving its cultural center, Yiddishland California, from La Jolla, California, to La Paz, Mexico. 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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LadinoYiddish LanguageJewish CommunityYiddish CultureJana Mazurkiewicz MeisaroshYaaanaRelocationYiddishlandArtsLa Paz

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La Jolla, California, United States
"In early August, the Yiddish Arts and Academics Association of North America (YAAANA) plans to move its arts and cultural center Yiddishland California formerly located in La Jolla, CA to its new home in La Paz, the capital of Mexicos Baja California Sur state."
La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico
"In early August, the Yiddish Arts and Academics Association of North America (YAAANA) plans to move its arts and cultural center Yiddishland California formerly located in La Jolla, CA to its new home in La Paz, the capital of Mexicos Baja California Sur state."
Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
"Yiddish culture has a rich history in Mexico City, going back to an influx of immigrants from Eastern Europe in the 1920s-1940s."

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