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Debating Zionism is fair. Protesting Israel's president at commencement crosses the line

JL;DR SUMMARY Rabbi Menachem Creditor challenges the appropriateness of protesting Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s presence as a commencement speaker at the Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS). 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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ProtestZionismEducationIsaac HerzogJewish Theological SeminaryAnti ZionismJewish SovereigntyDebateJewish Peoplehood

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New York, United States
"Rabbi Menachem Creditor serves as Scholar-in-Residence at UJA-Federation New York and is the founder of Rabbis Against Gun Violence."
Israel
"Even six students publicly opposing Herzogs presence was six too many not because Jewish institutions should avoid debate, but because there is a difference between debate premised on a shared commitment to Jewish peoplehood, and debate that rejects of one of Jewish peoplehoods central expressions."

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