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As a YouTuber targets Orthodox communities, the right wrestles with its antisemitism problem

JL;DR SUMMARY YouTuber Tyler Oliveira has stirred controversy with videos targeting Orthodox Jewish communities, framing them as fraudulent drains on public resources. 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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Orthodox JewsJewish CommunitiesLakewoodYoutubeKiryas JoelConservative MediaTyler OliveiraRichard RobertsWelfare Fraud

Places mentioned

Lakewood, New Jersey, United States
"Richard Roberts had a pretty good idea what kind of video Tyler Oliveira was planning to make about Lakewood, his heavily Orthodox town in New Jersey."
Kiryas Joel, New York, United States
"Roberts, a prominent and wealthy Lakewood resident, watched Oliveiras recent upload, Inside the New York Town Invaded by Welfare-Addicted Jews, in which the YouTube provocateur toured Kiryas Joel, a Hasidic enclave in upstate New York."
Flint, Michigan, United States
"In recent years, his channel has shifted to what he calls investigations, in which he visits communities from Thailand to Flint, Michigan to produce expos-style content."
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
"His approach mirrors that of fellow YouTuber Nick Shirley, whose reporting on alleged fraud by Somali-run day cares in Minneapolis preceded a federal immigration crackdown and earned him an invitation to President Donald Trumps State of the Union address."

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