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From the Amazon to Academia: Antisemitism, Zionism, and Indigenous Identity

JL;DR SUMMARY Adam Louis-Klein discusses his anthropological research with the Desano tribe in the Amazon and how it led him to reconsider antisemitism and Jewish identity in the context of contemporary academia. 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 IdentityZionismIsraeli PoliticsAnti ZionismHistorical NarrativeJewish PeoplehoodIndigenous IdentityAcademic CirclesAmazon Tribe

Places mentioned

Amazonas, Brazil
"So I work with a group called the Dasana people who live in the Vopes region, which is a tributary of the upper Rio Negro. Part of it's in Brazil, part of it's in Colombia today."
Colombia
"So I work with a group called the Dasana people who live in the Vopes region, which is a tributary of the upper Rio Negro. Part of it's in Brazil, part of it's in Colombia today."
Israel
"I wouldn't say that Israel was super present in our lives, but we did travel there for my younger brother's bar mitzvah at the Kotel."
United States
"Thank you for joining us. Thank you for having me. Thank you so much for having me. It's a real pleasure to be here on this podcast with the American Jewish Community."
London, United Kingdom
"I'd like to mention the London Center for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism."

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