Our Palestine Question, review: An ode to Jews who uttered difficult words in dark times

JL;DR SUMMARY "Our Palestine Question: Israel and American Jewish Dissent 1948-1977" by Geoffrey Levin delves into the fluctuating opinions towards Zionism among American Jews during this period, highlighting forgotten figures like Don Peretz and William Zukerman who explored the Arab refugee problem in the 1950s. 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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