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Zibby Owens and The Braid Stage ‘On Being Jewish’

JL;DR SUMMARY Zibby Owens, author and publisher, initiated a Jewish story collection in response to the October 7 Hamas massacre and the global antisemitism spike. 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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StorytellingJewish IdentityCommunityPersonal NarrativesJewish TheaterPerformanceContemporary Jewish LifeZibby OwensThe Braid

Places mentioned

Santa Monica, California, United States
"The production debuted in late March at The Braid, an 18-year-old Jewish theater in Santa Monica, in Los Angeles County, and will run through late April."
Spain
"The stories in the production include the writer Joanna Rakoffs exploration of an excavated, long-hidden synagogue in pre-inquisition Spain."
Israel
"She said she recently added an essay to her Substack by a woman in Israel with three small children who was running back and forth to a bomb shelter."
Italy
"A week later, Owens ran the account of an American Jewish womans heartbreaking decision to leave the familys adopted hometown in Italy amid rising antisemitism, especially at her sons school."

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