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Flat Earth reaches Israel

JL;DR SUMMARY The belief in a Flat Earth has intriguingly reached Israel, as detailed by Natan Slifkin. 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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Conspiracy TheoriesBiblical Museum Of Natural HistoryHaredi CommunityVaccine HesitancyAnti VaxxersScience EducationFlat EarthYeshivish CirclesScientific Literacy

Places mentioned

Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"Three weeks ago, while scanning Facebook Marketplace in Israel for museum stuff, I came across a Flat Earth model for sale!"
Jerusalem, Israel
"There are outbreaks in Beit Shemesh, Jerusalem, Bnei Brak, Harish, Modiin Ilit, Nof HaGalil, Kiryat Gat, and Ashdod."
Bnei Brak, Central District, Israel
"There are outbreaks in Beit Shemesh, Jerusalem, Bnei Brak, Harish, Modiin Ilit, Nof HaGalil, Kiryat Gat, and Ashdod."
Harish, Haifa District, Israel
"There are outbreaks in Beit Shemesh, Jerusalem, Bnei Brak, Harish, Modiin Ilit, Nof HaGalil, Kiryat Gat, and Ashdod."
Modiin Ilit, Central District, Israel
"There are outbreaks in Beit Shemesh, Jerusalem, Bnei Brak, Harish, Modiin Ilit, Nof HaGalil, Kiryat Gat, and Ashdod."
Nof HaGalil, Northern District, Israel
"There are outbreaks in Beit Shemesh, Jerusalem, Bnei Brak, Harish, Modiin Ilit, Nof HaGalil, Kiryat Gat, and Ashdod."
Kiryat Gat, Southern District, Israel
"There are outbreaks in Beit Shemesh, Jerusalem, Bnei Brak, Harish, Modiin Ilit, Nof HaGalil, Kiryat Gat, and Ashdod."
Ashdod, Southern District, Israel
"There are outbreaks in Beit Shemesh, Jerusalem, Bnei Brak, Harish, Modiin Ilit, Nof HaGalil, Kiryat Gat, and Ashdod."
Beit Shemesh, Southern District, Israel
"There are outbreaks in Beit Shemesh, Jerusalem, Bnei Brak, Harish, Modiin Ilit, Nof HaGalil, Kiryat Gat, and Ashdod."
Babylon, Iraq
"Eighteen years ago, I started researching how the Sages of the Talmud understood the shape of the world, and realized that (at least in Babylonia) they believed it to be a flat disc, slightly elevated in the center (at Jerusalem), and covered with the dome of the firmament."
United States
"Depending on which survey is correct, between 2 and 10% of Americans believe in a flat earth!"

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