JUBU
n.— «In autumn 1990, a Jewish Buddhist, a poet and eight distinguished Jews traveled to Dharamsala, India, for a four-day exchange of views…with the Dalai Lama.…The Jewish Buddhist (or JUBU, as some say) was Marc Lieberman, a San Francisco opthalmologist.» —“Going to See The Lama” by Verlyn Klinkenborg New York Times Book Review July 24, 1994. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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