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Jews who don’t fight back don’t survive.

Summarizing EKB in Future of Jewish · Published Thursday, March 13, 2025

JL;DR SUMMARY The essay reflects on the enduring antisemitism confronting Jews today and draws parallels with historical narratives such as the story of Purim. 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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Israel

"Last week, the Israeli actress Gal Gadot gave a wonderful speech about standing up against antisemitism."

Iran

"But more importantly we need to hold those responsible for the carnage Hamas, Iran, Qatar, the Arab world leaders that promote Jew-hatred, Russia, China, and the enablers of Islamists in the Western world such as South Africa, Australia, Ireland, Spain, UK, and France (to name just a few)."

Qatar

"But more importantly we need to hold those responsible for the carnage Hamas, Iran, Qatar, the Arab world leaders that promote Jew-hatred, Russia, China, and the enablers of Islamists in the Western world such as South Africa, Australia, Ireland, Spain, UK, and France (to name just a few)."

Russian Federation

"But more importantly we need to hold those responsible for the carnage Hamas, Iran, Qatar, the Arab world leaders that promote Jew-hatred, Russia, China, and the enablers of Islamists in the Western world such as South Africa, Australia, Ireland, Spain, UK, and France (to name just a few)."

China

"But more importantly we need to hold those responsible for the carnage Hamas, Iran, Qatar, the Arab world leaders that promote Jew-hatred, Russia, China, and the enablers of Islamists in the Western world such as South Africa, Australia, Ireland, Spain, UK, and France (to name just a few)."

South Africa

"But more importantly we need to hold those responsible for the carnage Hamas, Iran, Qatar, the Arab world leaders that promote Jew-hatred, Russia, China, and the enablers of Islamists in the Western world such as South Africa, Australia, Ireland, Spain, UK, and France (to name just a few)."

Australia

"But more importantly we need to hold those responsible for the carnage Hamas, Iran, Qatar, the Arab world leaders that promote Jew-hatred, Russia, China, and the enablers of Islamists in the Western world such as South Africa, Australia, Ireland, Spain, UK, and France (to name just a few)."

Ireland

"But more importantly we need to hold those responsible for the carnage Hamas, Iran, Qatar, the Arab world leaders that promote Jew-hatred, Russia, China, and the enablers of Islamists in the Western world such as South Africa, Australia, Ireland, Spain, UK, and France (to name just a few)."

Spain

"But more importantly we need to hold those responsible for the carnage Hamas, Iran, Qatar, the Arab world leaders that promote Jew-hatred, Russia, China, and the enablers of Islamists in the Western world such as South Africa, Australia, Ireland, Spain, UK, and France (to name just a few)."

United Kingdom

"But more importantly we need to hold those responsible for the carnage Hamas, Iran, Qatar, the Arab world leaders that promote Jew-hatred, Russia, China, and the enablers of Islamists in the Western world such as South Africa, Australia, Ireland, Spain, UK, and France (to name just a few)."

France

"But more importantly we need to hold those responsible for the carnage Hamas, Iran, Qatar, the Arab world leaders that promote Jew-hatred, Russia, China, and the enablers of Islamists in the Western world such as South Africa, Australia, Ireland, Spain, UK, and France (to name just a few)."

Afghanistan

"So, while I feel extremely bad for the girls who have no life under the Taliban, that women are persecuted in Iran, that there is gender apartheid in Saudi Arabia, that female genital mutilation is practiced in Yemen and other parts of the Muslim world, that honor murder is rampant, that it is now legal to marry off 9-year-olds in Iraq, and that the most dangerous words in the world are Its a girl, my first inclination is make sure that I and my sister Jewish women are safe in a world that cannot be bothered to acknowledge the atrocities that happened to us."

Saudi Arabia

"So, while I feel extremely bad for the girls who have no life under the Taliban, that women are persecuted in Iran, that there is gender apartheid in Saudi Arabia, that female genital mutilation is practiced in Yemen and other parts of the Muslim world, that honor murder is rampant, that it is now legal to marry off 9-year-olds in Iraq, and that the most dangerous words in the world are Its a girl, my first inclination is make sure that I and my sister Jewish women are safe in a world that cannot be bothered to acknowledge the atrocities that happened to us."

Yemen

"So, while I feel extremely bad for the girls who have no life under the Taliban, that women are persecuted in Iran, that there is gender apartheid in Saudi Arabia, that female genital mutilation is practiced in Yemen and other parts of the Muslim world, that honor murder is rampant, that it is now legal to marry off 9-year-olds in Iraq, and that the most dangerous words in the world are Its a girl, my first inclination is make sure that I and my sister Jewish women are safe in a world that cannot be bothered to acknowledge the atrocities that happened to us."

Iraq

"So, while I feel extremely bad for the girls who have no life under the Taliban, that women are persecuted in Iran, that there is gender apartheid in Saudi Arabia, that female genital mutilation is practiced in Yemen and other parts of the Muslim world, that honor murder is rampant, that it is now legal to marry off 9-year-olds in Iraq, and that the most dangerous words in the world are Its a girl, my first inclination is make sure that I and my sister Jewish women are safe in a world that cannot be bothered to acknowledge the atrocities that happened to us."

Sudan

"(The truly sad thing is that sexual violence is a hallmark of many wars, not the least of what is happening in Sudan and under Boko Haram, and no one is talking about that either.)"

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