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Displaying baby Jesus in a keffiyeh is antisemitic

JL;DR SUMMARY In this piece, Jeffrey K. Salkin critiques the use of a keffiyeh-clad baby Jesus in nativity scenes as an act of theological 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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BethlehemJesusJewish Christian RelationsPalestinian SolidarityKeffiyehDeicide ChargeNativity SceneSupercessionismLiberation Theology

Places mentioned

Bethlehem, Palestinian Territories
"The Nativity scene shows baby Jesus wrapped in a keffiyeh and placed in a rubble to show solidarity with the people of Gaza on Dec. 24, 2023 in the Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church in Bethlehem, West Bank."
Jerusalem, Israel
"The Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center in Jerusalem, founded by the Anglican priest and Palestinian theologian Naim Ateek, promotes a Palestinian liberation theology, which applies the theology of the liberation of the oppressed to the Palestinian issue."
Michigan, United States
"or of Israel itself. You might think that this is merely an embrace of the idea that, as Kim Redigan of the Friends of Sabeel North America in Michigan put it, God is on the side of those who are suffering."

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