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A new musical wonders: What happened to solidarity with English Jews?

JL;DR SUMMARY The musical "Cable Street" captures the historical clash in London's East End in 1936, where Jews and Irish East Enders confronted Oswald Mosley's fascists. 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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MusicalFascismJewish SolidarityPolitical AlignmentBritish JewsUk PoliticsCable StreetHistorical DramaOswald Mosley

Places mentioned

London, England, United Kingdom
"The Battle of Cable Street, the 1936 clashes off an obscure stretch of road in Londons East End, holds a totemic importance to the Jews of England..."
Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
"Police have acquiesced to community leaders pushing to cancel an Israeli soccer club matches in Birmingham, fabricating evidence with A.I. post facto to make it seem like the Israel fans will be the violent faction."
Ireland
"The musical Cable Street, dramatizing that confrontation between thousands of Jewish and Irish East Enders against Oswald Mosleys fascist blackshirts..."
Israel
"(Most Jews in the U.K. wont have him; the Israeli far-right welcomed him to the Jewish state last October.)"
Palestinian Territories
"On the left, the multicultural coalition has found a cause in Palestinian rights, which they march for like clockwork."
New York, United States
"Better luck in New York, with the Brits Off Broadway festival, than across the pond, where this may be taken as a more general parable..."
England, United Kingdom
"Jews, who in the U.K. make up about .5% of the population but a full 29% of recorded religious hate crimes, dont count in their social justice calculus, comedian David Baddiel has argued."

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