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Antisemitism must be studied as a serious mental illness.

JL;DR SUMMARY Joshua Hoffman argues that antisemitism should be classified as a mental illness due to its irrational and enduring nature. 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 IdentityPalestineMiddle EastSocial JusticeStereotypesJoshua HoffmanBigotryMental Illness

Places mentioned

Washington, D.C., Washington DC, United States
"Take, for example, the man who walked up to a Jewish museum in Washington, D.C. last week, shot and killed two innocent people, and then screamed Free, Free Palestine!"
Saudi Arabia
"Or consider Saudi Arabia, a country finally opening up to cinema and Beyonc, but still unwilling to recognize the regions most dynamic and vital country (Israel) because its fixated on the imagined statehood of a people whose national identity didnt exist until the 1960s."
Germany
"Germany offers yet another tragicomic example. In the 1930s, devastated from World War I, the Germans needed national rejuvenation economic reform, education, perhaps a dash of humility."
Sudan
"Since April 2023 alone, over 150,000 have been killed in Sudan. Eleven million displaced."
Canada
"Meanwhile, Jews (the victims of historys most well-documented genocide) now need travel warnings to Canada. Canada! A nation once known for politeness and maple syrup now joins the list of countries where Jews are told to hide their identity."
New York, United States
"Or how about the young woman, Liri Albag a former hostage of Hamas who was detained for an hour at JFK Airport in New York by American security officers while coming to the U.S. for vacation."

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