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Everyone thinks they know what Zionism means. Shockingly few do.

JL;DR SUMMARY Nachum Kaplan clarifies the often misunderstood concept of Zionism, defining it as the movement advocating for Jewish self-determination in their ancestral homeland, Israel. 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 HistoryZionismMiddle EastJewish Self DeterminationNationalismColonialismSovereigntyIndigeneity

Places mentioned

Jerusalem, Israel
"The paperwork sits in archives in Jerusalem, London, and for those conspiracy buffs who distrust these sources the Ottoman archives in Ankara."
Ankara, Turkey
"The paperwork sits in archives in Jerusalem, London, and for those conspiracy buffs who distrust these sources the Ottoman archives in Ankara."
London, United Kingdom
"The paperwork sits in archives in Jerusalem, London, and for those conspiracy buffs who distrust these sources the Ottoman archives in Ankara."
Tiberias, Central District, Israel
"Even after the Roman destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE, Jewish communities lived on in Tiberias, Safed, Hebron, and Jerusalem, where their presence has been continuous, though without sovereignty."
Safed, Northern District, Israel
"Even after the Roman destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE, Jewish communities lived on in Tiberias, Safed, Hebron, and Jerusalem, where their presence has been continuous, though without sovereignty."
Hebron, Haifa District, Israel
"Even after the Roman destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE, Jewish communities lived on in Tiberias, Safed, Hebron, and Jerusalem, where their presence has been continuous, though without sovereignty."
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"A Jew commanding an army, securing borders, and building skyscrapers in Tel Aviv unsettles that imagination."
Iran
"This is why regimes such as Iran refuse even to utter the word Israel, preferring to call it the dehumanizing Zionist entity."

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