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Larry Ellison once renamed a superyacht because its name spelled backwards was ‘I’m a Nazi’

JL;DR SUMMARY Larry Ellison, the Jewish founder of Oracle and a significant pro-Israel donor, once encountered an antisemitic snafu with a superyacht he purchased. 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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TiktokPro IsraelJewish CausesMedia AcquisitionOracleLarry EllisonDavid EllisonSuperyachtIzanami

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Spain
"Oracle owner Larry Ellison (L) waits on the companys boat before a race in the Americas Cup on Feb. 14, 2010, off the coast of Spain."
San Francisco, California, United States
"When the local newspapers started pointing out that Izanami was Im a Nazi spelled backward, I had the choice of explaining Shintoism to the reporters at the San Francisco Chronicle or changing the name of the boat."

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