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Centering Survivors Starts With Us

JL;DR SUMMARY In the wake of recurring news stories about sexual harm within the Jewish community, the author's organization, SVIVAH, emphasizes the need to shift focus onto the survivors rather than the perpetrators. 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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Jewish CommunityJusticeSurvivorsHealingAccountabilityRestorative JusticeCommunal ValuesSvivahEpsteinSexual Harm

Places mentioned

Iran
"Iran. Romi Gonen. Purim. Minneapolis. Iran. Arbel Yehud."
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
"Iran. Romi Gonen. Purim. Minneapolis. Iran. Arbel Yehud."
Michigan, United States
"distracted and fearful Jewish community watching violent antisemitism play out in Michigan and London,"
London, United Kingdom
"distracted and fearful Jewish community watching violent antisemitism play out in Michigan and London,"

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