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Between a Boulder and a Hard Place  

JL;DR SUMMARY Boulder, Colorado, known as a liberal enclave, has become a symbol of rising anti-Israel sentiment in the U.S., as depicted in Cindy Scarr's exploration of recent events there. 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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CommunityViolenceAnti Israel SentimentSolidaritySecurityPolitical DiscourseJewish ResilienceJewish FestivalBoulderRadicalized Left

Places mentioned

Boulder, Colorado, United States
"I had come to Boulder, Colorado, with a question."
Lyons, Colorado, United States
"That sense of a world tumbling down around them was expressed by Hollie Rogin, the Jewish mayor of the neighboring town of Lyons."
Denver, Colorado, United States
"Denver and Boulder are like one big home, he says, and when something happens here, its like something is happening right by your house."
Pennsylvania, United States
"before that was an arson attack on the home of Jewish Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro."
Washington, Washington DC, United States
"the gunning down of Israeli embassy workers in Washington;"

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