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From West Bank Settler to Anti-Zionist

JL;DR SUMMARY Aharon Dardik, a Columbia University student and the son of an Orthodox rabbi, offers a compelling narrative of transformation from growing up in a West Bank settlement to adopting an anti-Zionist stance. 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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IdentityProtestWest BankActivismAnti ZionismOctober 7Columbia UniversityJewish DiversityAharon DardikCeasefire Advocacy

Places mentioned

Palestinian Territories
"He spent part of his childhood in a religious settlement in the West Bank."
Israel
"After studying in yeshiva in Israel, he went to prison rather than serve in the Israeli military."
New York, United States
"A Columbia University undergraduate with a remarkable story."

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