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Antisemitism’s Favorite Jew

JL;DR SUMMARY The essay by Lucy Tabrizi critically examines the concept of the "good Jew"—a term used to describe Jews who align with anti-Zionist movements by denouncing Israeli policies and by extension, Jewish peoplehood itself. 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 HistoryHolocaustJewish IdentityZionismDiaspora JewsJewish Voice For PeaceAnti ZionismNeturei KartaMoral Shield

Places mentioned

Germany
"A particularly instructive example came in Nazi Germany."
Russian Federation
"The same mechanism operated in the Soviet Union."
Egypt
"And yet, the pattern was not confined to Nazi Europe or Stalinist Russia. In Egypt under President Gamal Abdel Nasser, Jews were pressured to publicly renounce Zionism."
Poland
"In communist Poland, an officially anti-Zionist purge targeted Jewish party members and intellectuals alike."
Iraq
"In Iraq, one of the countrys most prominent anti-Zionist Jews was hanged after a show trial accusing him of Zionism anyway."
New York, United States
"A Jew in New York loses little by denouncing Zionism, except perhaps by shifting the target further into the future."
Australia
"The same tokenising logic explains the elevation of groups like the Jewish Council of Australia."
Lebanon
"Some of Jewish Voice for Peaces digital infrastructure has been linked to administrators operating outside the United States, including in Lebanon."

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