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All American Jews should acknowledge Nakba Day — for Israel's sake, and Palestine's

JL;DR SUMMARY Hadar Susskind argues that American Jews should acknowledge Nakba Day, commemorated on May 15, by recognizing both the profound liberation that came with Israel's founding for Jews and the simultaneous loss experienced by Palestinians. 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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ZionismPalestiniansAmerican JewsDialogueJewish Palestinian RelationsCollective MemoryNakba DayPeacebuildingHistorical Recognition

Places mentioned

Bethlehem, Palestinian Territories
"Young Palestinian refugees demonstrate at the Daheisheh refugee camp outside the West Bank town of Bethlehem on May 13, 1998."
Israel
"the exodus of 700,000 Palestinian refugees from their land upon Israels creation."

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