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Identity is essential — but ignoring reputation repair is an existential risk

JL;DR SUMMARY The article by Marnie Black and Mark Mandell critiques Bret Stephens' argument that Jewish identity alone can combat modern antisemitism, positing that repairing Jewish reputation is equally crucial. 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 IdentityJewish ContinuityPerceptionCommunity ResilienceMoral LegitimacyStrategic CommunicationReputation RepairBehavioral ScienceCognitive Framing

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New York City, New York, United States
"Bret Stephens, in his State of World Jewry address at the 92nd Street Y on Feb. 1, was right about something fundamental."

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