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A painful split in the Yiddishist community since Oct. 7

JL;DR SUMMARY The piece explores the growing ideological divide within the Yiddishist community over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, heightened since the Hamas attacks on Israel in 2023. 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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Israel Palestine ConflictZionismYivoSocial MediaJewish Labor BundWarsaw Ghetto UprisingYiddishismCommunity TensionGlykIdeological Splits

Places mentioned

New York, United States
"The commemoration of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising on April 19, 2024 in Riverside Park, NY Photo by Jeff Wertz"
Brooklyn, New York, United States
"Last year, a queer Yiddish theater collective was launched in Brooklyn and Yiddish fans were excited."
Copake, New York, United States
"This past August, before the annual Yiddish immersion week in Copake, New York, known as Yiddish Vokh, some registrants told me they were worried that certain participants might organize a pro-Palestine rally or put on kaffiyehs as a political statement."
Quebec, Canada
"A week later, though, according to klezmer musician and scholar Lorin Sklamberg, some young people attending the annual Yiddish cultural festival Klezkanada in Quebec wore kaffiyehs throughout the week, and there were several displays of solidarity with the Palestinian cause."
Israel
"Since the devastating Hamas attacks on Israel and the subsequent war, there has been a sharp ideological split in the Yiddish world between those who have close ties to Israel and those who openly express more empathy with the Palestinian struggle than with the Jewish state."
Warsaw, Mazovia, Poland
"The Congress for Jewish Culture was planning its annual commemoration of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising, in conjunction with the Jewish Labor Bund and three other Jewish institutions."

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