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An aspiring Jewish lawyer is in the NBA draft – and he's never played basketball

JL;DR SUMMARY Jordan Haber, a Jewish TikToker on the verge of starting law school at Yeshiva University, found himself listed in the NBA draft without having played basketball. 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 IdentityYeshiva UniversityMiddle EastVandalismTiktokRobert F. Kennedy Jr.Nba DraftJordan HaberChristian Sites

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Missouri, United States
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Cairo, Egypt
"It reminds him of his mother leaving Cairo in the 1950s amid hostility toward Jews."
Israel
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Jerusalem, Israel
"The attack is part of a sharp rise in vandalism and assaults on Christian holy sites and Christians in Jerusalem since the start of 2023."
Poland
"Kazimierz Piechowski, a Polish engineer and political prisoner, escaped Auschwitz with three other inmates."
Uruguay
"The president of Uruguay has scuttled his plan to turn an 800-pound eagle-and-swastika crest from a former Nazi ship into an artistic display of a peace dove."
Saudi Arabia
"U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken earlier this month in Saudi Arabia."
Massachusetts, United States
"A Jewish middle school teacher in Massachusetts has resigned after facing antisemitic harassment by a student."

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