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Yiddish life in prewar Eastern Europe comes alive on this website

JL;DR SUMMARY A new website, Yiddishculture.co, spearheaded by Adina Cimet, seeks to reinvigorate the history and culture of Eastern European Jewry. 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 EducationYiddishYivoEastern EuropeHolocaust MemoryCultural HeritageJewish DiversityInteractive LearningDigital HumanitiesAdina Cimet

Places mentioned

Warsaw, Mazovia, Poland
"AI-enhanced image of children in the Jewish neighborhood of Warsaw, Poland before the Holocaust."
Vilna, Vilnius County, Lithuania
"a rotating globe dotted with the names Vilna, Lublin, Lodz, Kuzmir and Czernica."
Lublin, Poland
"a rotating globe dotted with the names Vilna, Lublin, Lodz, Kuzmir and Czernica."
Lodz, Łódź, Poland
"a rotating globe dotted with the names Vilna, Lublin, Lodz, Kuzmir and Czernica."

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