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How Should Activists Relate to Risk? - An investigation through Jewish text, in the wake of escalating violence in the West Bank against Palestinians and their allies

JL;DR SUMMARY Jewish social activist Aryeh Bernstein interviews Maya Rosen, a Jerusalem-based organizer who works with Palestinian communities in the West Bank, focusing on the concept of risk assessment in activism. 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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West BankJewish EthicsPalestinian CommunitiesIsraeli SettlersActivismNonviolent ProtestInformed ConsentRisk AssessmentProtectionsTalmudic Text

Places mentioned

Jerusalem, Israel
"Maya Rosen: Ive lived in Jerusalem for the past eight years."
Masafer Yatta, Hebron, Palestinian Territories
"word spread on social media as well as through some news outlets that settlers were threatening an all-out pogrom in the Masafer Yatta communities in the South Hebron Hills."
United States
"Ive drawn a lot of inspiration from learning about the struggle for civil rights in the United States and the struggle against Apartheid in South Africa."
South Africa
"Ive drawn a lot of inspiration from learning about the struggle for civil rights in the United States and the struggle against Apartheid in South Africa."

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