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Chabad’s Extremist Turn

JL;DR SUMMARY Arielle Angel hosts a discussion on Chabad Lubavitch's controversial embrace of Itamar Ben-Gvir during his U.S. visit and the broader implications for its identity and politics. 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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IdentityZionismChabadAmerican JewsProtestsAnti ZionismCrown HeightsMasculinityBen GvirSettler Politics

Places mentioned

Brooklyn, New York, United States
"Chabad Lubavitch, a Hasidic movement with headquarters in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York."
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
"At Yale University, an organization called Shabtai, led by the Chabad rabbi Shmuley Hecht, hosted Ben-Gvir."
Bell Harbor, Florida, United States
"Ben-Gvir also met with Sholem Dov-Bear Lipsker in Bell Harbor, the Chabad rabbi of Bell Harbor in South Florida."
Israel
"Of course, Ben-Gvir is a very extremist figure in Israeli politics."
Massachusetts, United States
"Shaul Magid, who teaches modern Judaism at Harvard Divinity School, where he is also the senior research fellow at the Center for Study of World Religions."
New York City, New York, United States
"Hadass Ben-Yamini, who teaches and writes about American history and Jewish politics at New York University."
Denver, Colorado, United States
"But it's something that was not really said openly, and probably is not said openly in a Chabad house in Denver, Colorado, or in Los Angeles."
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