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On Finding Our Temple Covered in Blood

JL;DR SUMMARY Joelle Novey shares a deeply personal reflection on her disillusionment with Jewish communal responses to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, particularly the devastation in Gaza. 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 EducationGazaPalestiniansJewish InstitutionsSpiritualityViolenceMaccabeesEthics

Places mentioned

Al Zawaydah, Gaza, Palestinian Territories
"Photo attribution: Al Zawaydah, in the south of Gaza on December 23rd, 2024."
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
"from the Baltimore Board of Jewish Education"
Egypt
"The Gazan poet Mosab Abu Toha, now living in Egypt"
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
"Joelle Novey lives in Silver Spring, Maryland."

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