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‘Beyond the Welfare of the Jews’

JL;DR SUMMARY Deborah Lipstadt, the U.S. Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism, discusses the persistent presence and transformation of antisemitism in America and globally, touching on incidents illustrating bias against various Jewish communities. 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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HolocaustJewish CommunitiesDeborah LipstadtU.S. Special EnvoySocial Media RegulationCharlottesvilleLufthansa AffairPolitical SpectrumReligious Slaughter

Places mentioned

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
"The attacks on Jews in Pittsburgh and Poway caused a lot of shock in American Jewish communities and in America more broadly."
Poway, California, United States
"The attacks on Jews in Pittsburgh and Poway caused a lot of shock in American Jewish communities and in America more broadly."
United Kingdom
"Ive perhaps been more attuned to antisemitism from the Left than other historians because of my time living in England when I was on trial there."
England, United Kingdom
"I was very familiar with Jeremy Corbyns Labour Party."
Kyiv, Ukraine
"If I were Sholem Aleichem, I would say, Would you rather have dysentery in Kyiv or cholera in Czernowitz? Theyre both bad."
Chernivtsi, Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukraine
"If I were Sholem Aleichem, I would say, Would you rather have dysentery in Kyiv or cholera in Czernowitz? Theyre both bad."
Baden-Württemberg, Germany
"within a couple of days, the CEO of Lufthansa was in my office."
Jerusalem, Israel
"I was in Israel, and a group of American families were celebrating their childrens bnei mitzvah at the egalitarian prayer space at the Western Wall in Jerusalem."
Finland
"In October, there were efforts under way in Finland to require the stunning of animals prior to their being slaughtered."
Germany
"My predecessors in this office used to have to go to France or Italy or Germany when something bad happened, to ask, What are you doing about this?"
France
"My predecessors in this office used to have to go to France or Italy or Germany when something bad happened, to ask, What are you doing about this?"
Italy
"My predecessors in this office used to have to go to France or Italy or Germany when something bad happened, to ask, What are you doing about this?"
Tunisia
"I just came back from Tunisia and Morocco."
Morocco
"I just came back from Tunisia and Morocco."
Manouba, Tunisia
"I was in Tunisia 24 hours before the shooting on the island of Djerba."
New York, United States
"I was talking to a New Yorker the other day whose kids and nieces and nephews go to Jewish day schools."

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