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A notorious anti-Zionist is invited to Passover.

JL;DR SUMMARY The article details the controversy surrounding comedian Modi Rosenfeld's decision to withdraw from the 33rd Annual Downtown Seder in New York City upon learning that anti-Zionist Mayor Zohran Mamdani would be in attendance. 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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PassoverJewish CommunityNew York CityJewish InstitutionsAnti ZionismModi RosenfeldZohran MamdaniDowntown Seder

Places mentioned

Israel
"This is a guest essay by Mitch Schneider, who writes from Israel."
Jerusalem, Israel
"A 2004 federal civil trial found them liable for the murder of a Jewish boy from New York City, killed outside Jerusalem."
Warsaw, Mazovia, Poland
"touring Warsaw and Germany on what he calls his Reparations Tour."
Germany
"touring Warsaw and Germany on what he calls his Reparations Tour."
New York, United States
"Leo, who grew up Catholic in Atlanta, met Modi on the New York City subway in 2015"
Brooklyn, New York, United States
"Thats the record. Modi saw it in 30 seconds."
Washington, Washington DC, United States
"helped load Passover food for Orthodox families in Brooklyn. He met an Orthodox businessman and was shown a Civil War-era Haggadah."
New York, Washington DC, United States
"in it he rapped: My love to the Holy Land Five."
Washington DC, United States
". When asked at a press conference, Mamdani said his wife is a private person."

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