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My Favorite Thing to Ask Non-Jews

JL;DR SUMMARY Joshua Hoffman delves into the pervasive misconceptions about Jewish influence by frequently posing the question about the global Jewish population. 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 HistoryHolocaustInfluenceMisconceptionsJewish PopulationJewish SovereigntyJewish ResilienceGlobal Perception

Places mentioned

Jerusalem, Israel
"The Kotel (the Western Wall) in Jerusalem (photo: Sander Crombach/Unsplash)."
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"It continues not in exile, not in the margins of someone else’s empire, but in Jerusalem, in Tel Aviv, in Haifa, in Beer Sheva."
Haifa, Haifa District, Israel
"It continues not in exile, not in the margins of someone else’s empire, but in Jerusalem, in Tel Aviv, in Haifa, in Beer Sheva."
Be'er Sheva, Southern District, Israel
"It continues not in exile, not in the margins of someone else’s empire, but in Jerusalem, in Tel Aviv, in Haifa, in Beer Sheva."
Gaza, Palestinian Territories
"Its ironic; we live in a time when it seems like everyone and their mother can give you impassioned, near-eyewitness accounts of whats transpiring in Gaza."

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