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From the Newsletter | Crossing Predictable Fault Lines

JL;DR SUMMARY Sarah Breger discusses the contentious reception of two documentaries addressing Israeli-Palestinian relations. 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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Israeli Palestinian ConflictBds MovementJewish IdentityInterfaith DialogueMasafer YattaShabbat ZachorDocumentary FilmsNormalization DebateOscar ControversyArik Ascherman

Places mentioned

Masafer Yatta, Hebron, Palestinian Territories
"The film chronicles the attempted eviction of a collection of Palestinian villages known as Masafer Yatta through the eyes of two friendsBasel Adra, a Palestinian, and Yuval Abraham, a Jewish Israeli."
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"A deluge of comments came in that quickly devolved into fights over who has a right to the land, whom it actually belongs to and who should be labeled victims or aggressors."

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