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First they came for the Jews in civic tech.

JL;DR SUMMARY In her poignant essay, Hana Raviyt Schank reflects on the troubling rise of antisemitism in the tech and civic sectors following the October 7th Hamas attack on 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 IdentityProgressive PoliticsHamas AttackTechnologySocial ActivismHolocaust InversionCivic TechPublic Interest Technology

Places mentioned

Washington, D.C., Washington DC, United States
"my office in Washington, D.C.,"
New York, United States
"as a Jew in America today, and instead you focused on the excruciatingly slow rollout of an online tax tool,"
Yonkers, New York, United States
"In Yonkers, security escorted a Jewish high school basketball team out of the building after the home team revealed itself to be aligned with Hamas."
Texas, United States
"a friend from Texas forwarded me an email from her rabbi."
Israel
"Jews being raped to death."
Los Angeles, California, United States
"California, Los Angeles (UCLA) feared for the Arab patients of Zionist doctors,"
Maine, United States
"over the decades, on sidewalks and beaches from California to Maine."
California, United States
"over the decades, on sidewalks and beaches from California to Maine."
Paris, France
"in Paris."
Spain
"My Instagram feed became a portal to a world teetering on the edge: reports from the Nova Music Festival massacre, vacation pictures from Spain, a jewelry designer excited about globalizing the intifada, new baby news,"
Jersey, New Jersey, United States
"Busloads of Jews arrived from Manhattan, the Bronx, and New Jersey. To my knowledge, there was not a single non-Jew in attendance."
Mexico
"(Mexico)"
Prospect Park, New York, United States
"Prospect Park on a daily basis, and you didn't care. I told you Jews were being forced out of Public Interest Technology and demonized by their coworkers,"
Manhattan, New York, United States
"Gaza? Our hearts go out to everyone affected."
Bronx, New York, United States
"Busloads of Jews arrived from Manhattan, the Bronx, and New Jersey. To my knowledge, there was not a single non-Jew in attendance."
Jersey, New York, United States
"Busloads of Jews arrived from Manhattan, the Bronx, and New Jersey. To my knowledge, there was not a single non-Jew in attendance."
Long Island, California, United States
"Netanyahu, the Long Island synagogue was packed. With Jews."
Panama
"Poland."
Hong Kong
"protests, everyone knew my name. Like Hong Kong, "
Quebec, Canada
"said Quebec."
New York City, New York, United States
"We tried again for some relief from the ever-present pain, and visited a film exhibit at the Museum of the City of New York. Then we poked around an exhibit on the history of activism in New York (led primarily by Jews) and were treated to a livestream of Jew-hate."

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