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From reactive urgency to proactive agency: Reclaiming Zionism in its proper context

JL;DR SUMMARY Zohar Raviv argues for a transformative understanding of Zionism that transcends its recent survivalist narrative, emphasizing its roots as a proactive civilizational renaissance. 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 HistoryHolocaustJewish IdentityZionismDiasporaJewish CivilizationJewish AgencyCultural Renaissance

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"came an almost sacred mantra, aiming to secure the State of Israels raison detre as the ultimate safeguard against Jewish powerlessness."

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