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Editor's Note

Summarizing Sapir · Published Wednesday, February 25, 2026
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JL;DR SUMMARY "Editor's Note" in Sapir reflects on the evolving nature of Jewish aspiration following the crises faced since October 7. 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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Zionism  Jewish Ethics  Self Reliance  October 7  Jewish Future  Political Strategy  Jewish Aspiration  Educational Investment 

Places mentioned

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
"Sobered by Jew hunts in Amsterdamand by the slap on the wrist that Dutch authorities meted out to the perpetrators."
Iran
"Sobered by Iranian ballistic missiles slamming into Israeli hospitals and apartment blocksand by human rights organizations saying nothing about these undoubted war crimes."
Israel
"Its the first time we have returned to a previously covered theme. To write about Jewish aspiration, as we did in the early months of 2022, long before October 7, meant dreaming big: winning the war of ideas for Israel; making Zionism sexy again; fostering MuslimJewish and blackJewish reconciliation; promoting universal Jewish literacy."
New York, United States
"Sobered by the election of Zohran Mamdaniand by the knowledge that an estimated one-third of Jewish voters chose to install as New Yorks mayor a man who would delete the Jewish state and arrest its leaders."
Canada
"Among the participating nations, according to the Jerusalem Post, were Canada, Britain, and Germanyall countries that had pledged full or partial military embargoes on Israel."
United Kingdom
"Among the participating nations, according to the Jerusalem Post, were Canada, Britain, and Germanyall countries that had pledged full or partial military embargoes on Israel."
Germany
"Among the participating nations, according to the Jerusalem Post, were Canada, Britain, and Germanyall countries that had pledged full or partial military embargoes on Israel."
Slovenia
"Consider a trio of stories out of Israel. In July, Slovenia announced an arms embargo on Israel."
Norway
"Then, in December, the Wall Street Journal reported on an IDF-sponsored military-technology conference in Tel Aviv, which included Canada and the U.K. along with other supposed boycotters, such as Norway."
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"Then, in December, the Wall Street Journal reported on an IDF-sponsored military-technology conference in Tel Aviv, which included Canada and the U.K. along with other supposed boycotters, such as Norway."
United States
"Yet, year after year, wealthy Jewish donors lavished these campuses with new buildings, centers, programs, scholarships, and endowed chairs. They, too, had hard power in the form of financial leverage."
Bondi Beach, New South Wales, Australia
"That means that it is on us to assure our safety, from Brooklyn to Beeri to Bondi Beach."

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