Jared Jackson: How white supremacy rooted itself in mainstream Judaism

JL;DR SUMMARY Jared Jackson, founder of Jews in All Hues, discusses how white supremacy has become embedded in mainstream North American Judaism, not necessarily through overt symbols but in the discomfort felt by Jews of color in Jewish spaces dominated by white-skinned Ashkenazi individuals. 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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