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JL;DR SUMMARY Peter Beinart suggests that much of mainstream Jewish discourse regarding Israel has become idolatrous by placing the state's rights above the welfare of its inhabitants, particularly the Palestinians. 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 IdentityGazaPalestineHuman RightsPeter BeinartAbraham Joshua HeschelJewish DiscourseIdolatryYeshayahu Leibowitz

Places mentioned

Gaza, Palestinian Territories
"Knopf will publish my new book, Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza."
New York, United States
"Ill be speaking with MSNBCs Ayman Mohyeldin at the New York Society for Ethical Culture."
Brooklyn, New York, United States
"On Saturday night, February 8, Ill be speaking with Ta-Nehisi Coates at the First Presbyterian Church of Brooklyn."
California, United States
"Ill be speaking at San Diego State University."
Los Angeles, California, United States
"Ill be speaking with UCLA historian David Myers at the Lumiere Music Hall in Los Angeles."
Washington, D.C., Washington, United States
"Ill be speaking with Washington Post columnist Karen Attiah at Politics and Prose bookstore in Washington, DC."
Notre Dame, Indiana, United States
"Ill be speaking with Professor Atalia Omer at Notre Dame University."
Vermont, United States
"Ill be speaking at the University of Vermont."
Brookline, Massachusetts, United States
"Ill be speaking at United Parish in Brookline, Massachusetts."

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