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Your Jewish friends have a secret group chat.

JL;DR SUMMARY In recent times, many Jews have found solace and community in secret group chats that are active discussions spaces away from their non-Jewish friends. 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 HistoryJewish IdentityJewish CommunitiesJewsSafetySolidarityGroup ChatsCommunal Discussions

Places mentioned

Lisbon, Portugal
"There we are in Lisbon, Malaga, Girona Venice, so on."
Malaga, Málaga, Spain
"There we are in Lisbon, Malaga, Girona Venice, so on."
Girona, Catalonia, Spain
"There we are in Lisbon, Malaga, Girona Venice, so on."
Venice, Veneto, Italy
"There we are in Lisbon, Malaga, Girona Venice, so on."
Bologna, Italy
"In Bologna, we translate a commemorative sign that notes the Jews were taken and annihilated far away, who knows where, who knows when."
Florida, United States
"or the security we feel we have only in Florida, on our own time."
Monsey, New York, United States
"In 2019, writing about, yes, antisemitism shortly after a stabbing attack on Jews in Monsey, New York, I wrote in the New York Post: Like many of you, Im thinking, Not this subject again."
Teaneck, New Jersey, United States
"In the New York Post last weekend, I wrote about regular riots happening in the very Jewish suburb of Teaneck, New Jersey."
Toledo, Spain
"Its all crazy worries, things that could never happen here, until your kids are skipping down the street in Toledo, Spain, where Jews used to live but dont anymore."

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