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Amid war and an election, the Jewish mainstream bends to the right

JL;DR SUMMARY The article explores the shifting dynamics within the Jewish community regarding strategies to combat anti-Israel activism and perceived antisemitism, specifically on college campuses. 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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Jewish CommunityTrump AdministrationCollege CampusesFree SpeechTitle ViPolitical ShiftKenneth MarcusDei Policies

Places mentioned

Portland, Oregon, United States
"Graffiti is pictured on a wall as pro-Palestinian demonstrators occupied the Millar Library on the campus of Portland State University, in Portland, Oregon on April 30, 2024."
Los Angeles, California, United States
"said Steven Windmueller, emeritus professor of Jewish communal studies at Hebrew Union College in Los Angeles."
San Francisco, California, United States
"In a recent essay in the San Francisco Chronicle, he criticized local public schools, writing, That parents had to resort to filing civil rights complaints."
New York, United States
"A Jewish student watches a protest in support of Palestinians and for free speech at New Yorks Columbia University campus, Nov. 14, 2023."
Ithaca, New York, United States
"At Cornell University, the interim president is facing blowback from higher education groups after he appeared to endorse the views of a Jewish instructor who felt a course on Gaza being taught in the schools American Indian and Indigenous Studies program was biased and inflammatory."
Israel
"Nowadays, more than a year into Israels war with Hamas and amid widespread complaints about anti-Israel activism on college campuses."

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