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Ben & Jerry's co-founder was arrested this week — it was far from the first time

JL;DR SUMMARY Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben & Jerry's, was arrested for protesting at a U.S. Senate hearing, marking another instance in his extensive activist history. 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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ProtestPalestineSocial JusticeActivismJewish ValuesU.S. GovernmentUnileverBen & Jerry'sBen Cohen

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Washington, D.C., Washington DC, United States
"Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben and Jerrys, is detained by U.S. Capitol Police for disrupting proceedings during a hearing with U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr."
Washington DC, United States
"Jerry Greenfeld and Ben Cohen join protesters during a rally outside the Sudanese Embassy in Washington, D.C., in July 2004."
Burlington, Vermont, United States
"Since then, Cohen has been arrested at least two other times: in a 2018 demonstration in Burlington, Vermont, against the city hosting F-35 planes at the local airport;"
Merrick, New York, United States
"And Greenfield, who went to Hebrew school with Cohen in their hometown of Merrick, Long Island,..."
Vermont, United States
"Cohen and Greenfield founded Ben & Jerrys in Vermont in 1978, when they were each 27 years old."
Florida, United States
"On the urging of the Israeli ambassador, several states, including Florida, New Jersey and New York, threatened to divest from Unilever."
New Jersey, United States
"On the urging of the Israeli ambassador, several states, including Florida, New Jersey and New York, threatened to divest from Unilever."
New York, United States
"On the urging of the Israeli ambassador, several states, including Florida, New Jersey and New York, threatened to divest from Unilever."
Palestinian Territories
"But speaking up about social causes is as much a part of the brand as Rocky Road ice cream."
Jerusalem, Israel
"In the end, pushback from Israel supporters helped thwart Ben & Jerrys attempt to remove their products from the West Bank and East Jerusalem."
Syria
"In 1998, in response to pressure from peace activists, the company stopped buying water from a company in the Golan Heights, a territory that Israel seized from Syria in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war and has occupied since."

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