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How ‘Gaza solidarity sukkahs’ became a flashpoint for debates about anti-Zionist Jewish observance

JL;DR SUMMARY The article explores the controversial emergence of "Gaza Solidarity Sukkahs" built by anti-Zionist Jewish groups in the U.S. during Sukkot. 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 IdentityIsrael Palestine ConflictPolitical ActivismProtestsJewish Voice For PeaceAnti ZionismSukkotJewish RitualCampus TensionsGaza Solidarity

Places mentioned

Brooklyn, New York, United States
"Last week the Brooklyn rabbi Andrue Kahn received a request from a group of Jewish students at New York University: Would he come to lead prayers at their sukkah?"
New York, United States
"Last week the Brooklyn rabbi Andrue Kahn received a request from a group of Jewish students at New York University: Would he come to lead prayers at their sukkah?"
Rutgers University, New Jersey, United States
"Rutgers University, for example, brought a bulldozer to the site of its students anti-Zionist sukkah where activists were chanting Lchaim Intifada before ultimately removing it without the use of the construction vehicle."
Los Angeles, California, United States
"Drummers play inside a Gaza solidarity sukkah on the campus of UCLA in Los Angeles, California, Oct. 22, 2024."
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
"A Hillel sukkah at Simmons University, a private school in Boston, was vandalized with messages reading Gaza Liberation Sukkah this week."
Brown University, Rhode Island, United States
"And at Brown University, the school initially approved permit requests from BrownU Jews for Ceasefire Now to host a Gaza solidarity sukkah, until the students announced their intent to sleep in the structure for eight days."
Providence, Rhode Island, United States
"Days before at Brown, 150 activists had protested the universitys governing board after it voted down a proposal to divest from Israel."

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