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As a Jewish parent, this is what keeps me up at night.

JL;DR SUMMARY Leo Pearlman, co-CEO of Fulwell Entertainment, reflects on the events of 2025, highlighting the dual challenges of overt antisemitism and the more insidious delegitimization of Israel. 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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Bds MovementJewish DiasporaJewish IdentityZionismJewish Self DeterminationCultural BoycottDelegitimization2025 Events

Places mentioned

Israel
"This week, Israel fell to the bottom of the 2025 Nation Brands Index for the second consecutive year, recording the steepest year-on-year decline since the surveys creation nearly two decades ago."
New York City, New York, United States
"In New York City, which features the largest Jewish population outside Israel, voters elevated Zohran Mamdani, a man whose political identity is rooted not in coexistence, but in hostility to the Jewish state, normalising a worldview that treats Jewish self-determination as a moral crime."
Australia
"Terror attacks in Israel, murders in the United States and UK, a massacre in Australia, violence and harassment and intimidation in places that once promised safety."
Birmingham, United Kingdom
"In Britain, Jews were banned from attending a football match in Birmingham, not because of who they were threatening, but because of who they were."

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