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21 Aug 2024

Israel at War – Antisemitism, Anti-Zionism, and Anti-Zionist Jews

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JL;DR SUMMARY Yossi Klein Halevi delves into the intersection of antisemitism, anti-Zionism, and Jewish identity, particularly in the context of Israel's recent war with Hamas. 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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Tags

Jewish History  Holocaust  Jewish Identity  Jewish State  Anti Zionism  Jewish Power  Moral Responsibility  Diaspora Jewry 

Places mentioned

Jerusalem, Israel
"He gave this talk to an audience of rabbis at our Summer Rabbinic Torah Seminar, a 10-day learning program at Hartman's campus in Jerusalem where rabbinic leaders of all denominations explore the contemporary issues facing the Jewish people."
Paris, Île-de-France, France
"Mélenchon, for example, the new head of the largest political faction in French Parliament, said in an interview a few years ago, it was a kind of a throwback."
London, United Kingdom
"Corbynism was not initially anti-Semitic. It brought in a strong, I would say obsessive, anti-Zionism."
United States
"the longing, and forgive me for using that word in this context, but I sense among many Jews, not only Diaspora Jews, but what's surprising to me, also many Israelis, a longing for innocence, for victimhood, especially after October 7th."
Canada
"There is no diaspora Israel crisis. It's an American Jewish Israel crisis. The rest of the diaspora, more or less, is aligned with Israel. Maybe Canada is beginning to change a bit."
Australia
"It's an American Jewish Israel crisis. The rest of the diaspora, more or less, is aligned with Israel. Maybe Canada is beginning to change a bit. But I think that it's certainly true for Latin America, Europe, Australia, etc."
Brazil
"And I'm including the Canadian flag on that. Carrie. And forgive me, Brazil. I'm really, yes, I am North America-centric."
Russian Federation
"The first was the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union, where the anti-Zionism that we know today was actually born as an ideology."

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