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Greenland’s only Jew hears a familiar pattern in Trump’s annexation talk

JL;DR SUMMARY Paul Cohen, possibly Greenland's only Jew, reflects on the impact of President Donald Trump's revived idea of annexing Greenland, recognizing historical patterns from Jewish history. 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 DiasporaJewish IdentityDonald TrumpNational SecurityGreenlandPaul CohenAnnexation20th Century EuropeHistorical ParallelsU.S. Denmark Agreements

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Narsaq, Qeqqata, Greenland
"Paul Cohen near his town of Narsaq, Greenland."
Denmark
"which is an autonomous territory of Denmark."

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