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NYC penalizes organizers of community garden that required members to oppose Zionism

JL;DR SUMMARY The Sunset Community Garden in Ridgewood, Queens, is facing the revocation of its city license due to a controversial membership policy demanding that members oppose Zionism. 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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ZionismNew York CityPolitical ActivismPro Palestinian ActivismLicensingTransgender RightsCommunity GardenNyc Parks DepartmentGreenthumb

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Ridgewood, New York, United States
"Organizers of a community garden in Ridgewood, Queens, that required members to oppose Zionism may now lose their city license."
Queens, New York, United States
"Organizers of a community garden in Ridgewood, Queens, that required members to oppose Zionism may now lose their city license."
New York City, New York, United States
"In an April 16 letter, the New York City Parks Department informed leaders of the garden that the statement had violated guidelines."

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