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And Now They're Calling Us "Antisemites"

JL;DR SUMMARY Natan Slifkin discusses recent tensions between the charedi community and broader Israeli society, particularly focusing on accusations of 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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Israeli SocietyUltra OrthodoxCharedimMilitary ServiceIdf ServiceAryeh DeriReligious TensionsNatan SlifkinYitzchak Yosef

Places mentioned

Beit Shemesh, Jerusalem, Israel
"Let me first say that I was amused by the comments of Shas MK Moshe Abutbul, former mayor of Beit Shemesh, who darkly warned that those who burn books, end up burning people."
Southern District, Israel
"Yuli Edelstein, a refusenik who spent years doing hard labor in Siberia due to his dedication to Israel"

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