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Antisemitism meets America’s ‘thoughts and prayers’ ritual

JL;DR SUMMARY Gabby Deutch highlights how responses to antisemitism in America often mirror the country's "thoughts and prayers" ritual in the wake of mass shootings—expressions of outrage with little substantive action. 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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Democratic PartyTemple IsraelAipacRo KhannaRepublicansGun ViolenceThoughts And PrayersEl Sayed

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West Bloomfield, Michigan, United States
"A similar phenomenon was on display after a heavily armed man drove a car into a synagogue in suburban Detroit on Thursday."
Parkland, Florida, United States
"During the 2018 March for Our Lives, when hundreds of thousands of Americans took to the streets to demand action after 17 people were killed at a high school in Parkland, Fla."
Connecticut, United States
"...Moms Demand Action after the Sandy Hook shooting in 2012, when 26 students and teachers were killed at a Connecticut elementary school."

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