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It’s not just the kids: Only a third of US Jews 75+ call themselves ‘Zionists’

JL;DR SUMMARY The latest survey by the Jewish Federations of North America has sparked discussions on Zionist identification among American Jews, revealing that only 37% identify as Zionists. 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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IdentityJewish Federations Of North AmericaZionismDiasporaAmerican JewsPro IsraelBen GurionGenerational DifferencesBlaustein Agreement

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
"For the Greater Philadelphia branch of the right-wing Zionist Organization of America, the gap between the majority who told JFNA they feel emotionally attached to Israel and the roughly one-third who identify as Zionist is a sign of the failure of the education systems, Jewish institutions and Jewish families to teach what Zionism actually is."
Jerusalem, Israel
"Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion, left, American Jewish Committee head Jacob Blaustein and Israeli Labor Minister Golda Meir announce their historic agreement on Israel-Diaspora relations at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem in August, 1950."
Rolling Prairie, Indiana, United States
"Now 80, she recalls that nearly all of her bunkmates at the movements Camp Moshava in Rolling Prairie, Indiana eventually moved to Israel."
Queens, New York, United States
"So, you know, are you a Zionist? No, I live in Queens. What kind of a Zionist could I be? "

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