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Fighting antisemitism is no longer useful if we don't go inward.

JL;DR SUMMARY In a thought-provoking essay, Adam Louis-Klein argues for a shift in the Jewish community's response to antisemitism and anti-Zionism by emphasizing internal reflection and cultural enrichment. 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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IdentityHebrewMatti FriedmanAnti ZionismJewish NarrativeTruthSelf DefinitionWestern SocietiesCultural Enrichment

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Montreal, Quebec, Canada
"This is a guest essay by Adam Louis-Klein, who is completing his PhD in Anthropology at McGill University in Montreal."
Israel
"The attacks of October 7th were not just another round of violence between Israel and Gaza."
Brazil
"In the months before October 7th, I was living deep in the Amazon, with the Indigenous Desana people."

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