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‘October 8,’ a New Documentary About Antisemitism, Is in Theaters Now

JL;DR SUMMARY Wendy Sachs' new documentary, "October 8," sheds light on the rise of antisemitism from an international perspective following the October 7 attack on Israel in 2023. 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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College CampusesDocumentaryRitchie TorresIsrael Hamas WarOctober 7 AttackAnti ZionismJewish PerspectivesWendy SachsAmc Theaters

Places mentioned

Madison, Wisconsin, United States
"On October 7, Sachs herself was visiting her daughter, a student at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, and the two watched in horror together as her phone lit up with rocket alerts and alarming news out of Israel."
New York City, New York, United States
"And then it was October 8, you know, when I saw the protests in Times Square, the protests against Israel, supporting Hamas as freedom fighters rather than as terrorists."
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
"And then I saw everything unfolding on college campuses, from Harvard and Cornell and NYU and Columbia and Penn."
Ithaca, New York, United States
"And then I saw everything unfolding on college campuses, from Harvard and Cornell and NYU and Columbia and Penn."
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
"And then I saw everything unfolding on college campuses, from Harvard and Cornell and NYU and Columbia and Penn."
Miami, Florida, United States
"The rise of antisemitism wasn't necessarily something that surprised the filmmaker, raised in a secular Jewish home in Miami."
Israel
"It tells the story of the rise of antisemitism in American after the October 7 attack on Israel that led to the Israel-Hamas War back in 2023."

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