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Conflict over Mamdani is a reminder: We still can't agree on the line between anti-Zionism and antisemitism

JL;DR SUMMARY Amid rising antisemitism and low Israeli-Palestinian relations, the debate persists on whether anti-Zionism equates to antisemitism. 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 CommunityJewish IdentityZionismIsraeli Palestinian RelationsAnti ZionismJonathan GreenblattInternational RelationsEmmanuel MacronPolitical Debate

Places mentioned

New York City, New York, United States
"The stakes within the Jewish community have recently increased, with the issuing of a letter signed by more than 1,000 American rabbis and cantors opposing New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani due to his opposition to Zionism."
Canada
"People in Canada and the United States have lost employment offers and jobs for seeming anti-Zionist."
France
"In 2017, French President Emmanuel Macron called anti-Zionism a reinvented form of antisemitism."
Manitoba, Canada
"I grew up singing Hatikvah, Israels national anthem, every evening at Hebrew summer camp in Manitoba as we lowered the two flags hanging from the flagpole: one the flag of Canada, the other, of course, of Israel."

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