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American Jewish leaders: Speak your minds now, please!  

JL;DR SUMMARY Yoni Shimshoni, a retired IDF brigadier general, calls on American Jewish leaders to vocalize their concerns about Israel's current government policies. 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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DemocracyDiasporaWest BankIdfJewish LeadershipAmerican JewsLiberal ZionismAnnexationYoni Shimshoni

Places mentioned

New York, United States
"In March 2024, then-Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) delivered an impassioned speech about Israel on the floor of the United States Senate."
United States
"In March 2024, then-Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) delivered an impassioned speech about Israel on the floor of the United States Senate."
Israel
"I say this as an Israeli who has spent his career at high levels of the IDF and who is now watching my government act aggressively to destroy Israeli democracy, recklessly perpetuate a forever war and annex the West Bank."
Jerusalem, Israel
"Similar considerations often guide donors to continue funding traditional (albeit very important) projects and to refrain from supporting what might be deemed controversial attempts to break free of the status quo."

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