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Bob Dylan, Modern Orthodox Judaism and Teaneck, New Jersey

 

Last year, while living in Teaneck, New Jersey, I visited Keter Torah, the synagogue next door to my house, with my daughter.  Because it’s an Orthodox synagogue, the men and women sit separately.  Afterward, Sylvia told me: "I saw two women in leopard-skin pill-box hats!"

 

"I wonder if they’re both Bob Dylan fans," I mused.*

 

 

 

*Here’s the last verse from the Bob Dylan song, "Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat":

 

I see you got a new boyfriend.

You know, I never seen him before.

Well, I saw him makin’ love to you;

You forgot to close the garage door.

You might think he loves you for your money,

But I know what he really loves you for —

It’s your brand new leopard-skin pill-box hat!

John:
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