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A South Carolina rabbi’s Holocaust memorial speech was pulled from public TV for being too ‘political’

JL;DR SUMMARY Rabbi Sam Rose of South Carolina faced censorship when his Holocaust memorial speech linking the Holocaust to current anti-refugee, LGBTQ policies, and book bans was removed from a state public TV broadcast. 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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Lgbtq IssuesCensorshipReform JudaismSouth CarolinaBook BansHolocaust MemorialHolocaust EducationRefugee PolicyPolitical SpeechRabbi Sam Rose

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Columbia, South Carolina, United States
"The event, billed as the 80th Commemoration of the Liberation of Auschwitz, was hosted by the council on Jan. 27, International Holocaust Remembrance Day, on the campus of the University of South Carolina in Columbia."
Greenville, South Carolina, United States
"Rose, a longtime community organizer who said he grew up with both a Holocaust survivor relative and a gay father, has lived in Greenville for six years."
Dublin, Ireland
"Similar ceremonies this year have also been magnets for political grandstanding, as Jews were removed from one commemoration in Dublin for protesting the Irish president lamenting the death toll in Gaza during his remarks."

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