I’m a Jewish college student. I wish external activists were promoting education, not confrontation

JL;DR SUMMARY Lauren Haines, president of the National Board of J Street U, reflects on the trend of external activists like Noa Tishby and Natan Sharansky inciting fear among Jewish college students about pro-Palestinian groups, framing college campuses as battlegrounds. 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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