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Antisemitism isn't ignorance. Our enemies use it for control.

JL;DR SUMMARY Joshua Hoffman argues that antisemitism today is not merely a result of ignorance but a deliberate tool of power and control, utilized by political figures and regimes worldwide. 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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DiasporaJewish CommunitiesAnti ZionismJewish SafetyPowerControlWestern GovernmentsPolitical Strategy

Places mentioned

New York City, New York, United States
"When New York City Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani makes anti-Zionism a core part of his political platform (even though he is not Palestinian and Gaza has nothing to do with New York City), that is not confusion or youthful radicalism; it is a calculated move to mobilize a constituency, to signal ideological allegiance, and to convert resentment into votes."
Bondi Beach, New South Wales, Australia
"Arsen Ostrovsky thankfully survived the Bondi Beach pogrom on Sunday."
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
"After the Bondi Beach terror attack, Britains prime minister responded by posting a photo of himself lighting Hanukkah candles hours later, after months of tolerating antisemitic hate marches through British streets, and only weeks after a lethal Islamic terror attack at a Manchester synagogue on Yom Kippur."
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
"The response of Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese after the Bondi Beach massacre was both predictable and revealing."
Israel
"This clarity is why antisemitism feels different in Israel than it does abroad."
Herzliya, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"A few months before the recent Israel-Hamas war exploded, I went on a date with an Israeli woman from Herzliya."
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"his father and I had a business meeting in Tel Aviv not long before October 7th."
California, United States
"In California over the weekend, a home decorated for Hanukkah was sprayed with 20 bullets as the shooter screamed, F*ck the Jews!"
New York, United States
"and to convert resentment into votes.When protesters organize themselves outside Jewish-owned restaurants, synagogues, cultural events, or community gatherings, that is not activism gone astray; it is intimidation, a deliberate assertion of dominance over public space."
London, United Kingdom
"In London recently, a mob assembled outside a restaurant for no other reason than that it is owned by Israeli chef Eyal Shani."
Manchester, United Kingdom
"after months of tolerating antisemitic hate marches through British streets, and only weeks after a lethal Islamic terror attack at a Manchester synagogue on Yom Kippur."

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