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Jews appeased the 'woke' Left — and it backfired.

JL;DR SUMMARY David Roytenberg discusses the challenges faced by the Jewish community as it navigates the complexities of "woke antisemitism," a term coined by David L. Bernstein in his book "Woke Antisemitism." 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 CommunityZionismIntersectionalityJewish OrganizationsWoke AntisemitismAnti RacismPost ColonialismMulticulturalismDavid L. Bernstein

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Columbus, Ohio, United States
"During his college years in the late 1980s at Ohio State University, he encounters manifestations of the opposite impulse: the silencing of unorthodox opinions in the name of justice."
Washington, Washington DC, United States
"He begins his career working for the Jewish community of Greater Washington, D.C., in 1993, just after the Oslo Accords agreements were signed at the White House."
New York City, New York, United States
"While a few noisy anti-Zionists in the Democratic Party caucus did not represent the mainstream of the party, there was a risk, Bernstein wrote, that the Democrats would eventually embrace leaders who were hostile to Israel and Zionism. The recent victory of Zohran Mamdani in the Democratic Party primary for Mayor of New York City represents a step in that direction."

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