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Can a visit to Auschwitz really change an antisemite?

JL;DR SUMMARY In a provocative gesture to address antisemitism, Dave Portnoy initially offered a trip to Auschwitz to customers involved in an antisemitic incident. 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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Elon MuskAuschwitzHolocaust SurvivorsDeborah LipstadtHolocaust EducationBen ShapiroBarstool SportsDave PortnoyManfred Korman

Places mentioned

Oświęcim, Lesser Poland, Poland
"Holocaust survivor Gidon Lev, European Jewish Association Chairman Rabbi Menachem Margolin, Elon Musk with his son, and Ben Shapiro at the entrance of Auschwitz, Jan. 22, 2024."
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
"When two customers at a Philadelphia sports bar asked waitresses to make a sign that said F the Jews, they probably didnt expect a free trip to Auschwitz."
Georgia, United States
"In 2021, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Republican of Georgia, toured the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum after comparing COVID-19 restrictions to the Nazi regime."
United Kingdom
"Korman escaped the Holocaust via the Kindertransport in 1939, traveling from Poland to the United Kingdom and eventually arriving in New York in 1940."
New York City, New York, United States
"They need perhaps to meet three or four survivors from various backgrounds and start there, Korman said."
New York, United States
"United Kingdom and eventually arriving in New York in 1940."
Lower Saxony, Germany
"And then take them to Bergen-Belsen or Auschwitz because they now have the background perhaps that could persuade them to change their thinking, which was based on fiction or make-believe."

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