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Ari’el Stachel, an ‘Arab Jewish’ actor with a Tony Award, has a message about antisemitism for Zohran Mamdani

JL;DR SUMMARY Ariel Stachel, a Tony Award-winning actor known for his role in "The Band's Visit," is using his complex identity as a Yemenite, Israeli, Ashkenazi Jewish American to address antisemitism and advocate for the visibility of Jews of color. 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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IdentityNew York CityAshkenaziZohran MamdaniJew Of ColorThe Band's VisitAriel StachelYemenite

Places mentioned

Stockbridge, Massachusetts, United States
"STOCKBRIDGE, Massachusetts At the climax of his one-man show, Out of Character, the actor Ariel Stachel declares, I am a Yemenite, Israeli, Ashkenazi, Jewish, American actor with anxiety."
New York City, New York, United States
"Late last month, he drew those threads together in a video appeal to Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for New York City mayor, who many Jews and their allies say does not appreciate why Jews are feeling threatened by anti-Israel rhetoric post-Oct. 7."
Brooklyn, New York, United States
"He said he wrote a lot of the play at Qahwah House, a Yemeni-owned caf in Brooklyn, where they look at me like a brother, he said."

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