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Could poetry revive Yitzhak Rabin's legacy among young American Jews?

JL;DR SUMMARY As the 30th anniversary of Yitzhak Rabin's assassination approaches, a new English translation of the Israeli poetry anthology 'Class of 95' aims to reignite interest in Rabin's legacy among young American Jews. 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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Israeli SocietyYitzhak RabinAmerican JewsTranslationLegacyJewish MemoryRabin's AssassinationPoetry AnthologyBarak SellaHabonim Dror Youth

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New York, United States
"Robert Marx leads his sons Joshua and Benjamin in prayer next to a makeshift memorial to Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, in front of the Israeli consulate in New York on Nov. 5, 1995."
Texas, United States
"Sella, who was born in Texas but came to Israel in 1994 when he was 10, was part of a generation of Israeli schoolchildren for whom Rabins death in November 1995 loomed impossibly large."
Israel
"Today, however, the so-called special relationship is under considerable duress not least because generations of younger American Jews are increasingly suspicious of Zionism."
London, United Kingdom
"Noah is a Forward intern who recently completed a masters in journalism at City St Georges, University of London and previously worked as an Education Associate at Harvard Hillel, where he organized educational trips; taught seminars to undergraduates on a range of Jewish subjects; oversaw Hillels social media; and ran its social justice and equity programming."

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