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Allyship at the Edge: Navigating Difference – with Jacob Feinspan

JL;DR SUMMARY Elana Stein Hain and Jacob Feinspan explore the challenges faced by American Jews who strive to maintain their Jewish commitments while engaging in progressive movements, especially amid rising anti-Zionism and antisemitism. 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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FriendshipMaimonidesAmerican JewsActivismJewish ValuesAnti ZionismProgressive MovementsAllyshipCoalitions

Places mentioned

Israel
"I've actually been living in Israel for that long while and I've seen a lot of the issues in Israel up close."
United States
"But I have to say we decided to come back at this moment not only because of what's going on in Israel but because of what's going on in America."
Iran
"As I ran in and out of my shelter for 12 long days during the war with Iran I didn't just hear well-wishing from friends around the world."
Washington, D.C., Washington DC, United States
"And that is Jacob Feinspan. Jacob, just to give people a little bit about your bio, he's the executive director at Jews United for Justice in Washington, D.C."
Palestinian Territories
"Number one, October 7th allowed those who support full-blown resistance by any means necessary to show their faces proudly and to proclaim that stance in public. And number two, the war in Gaza, which has wreaked such havoc on both infrastructure and human life, has turned many people who were critics of Israel into anti-Zionists."
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