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Progressive Benefits for Everyone — Except the Jews

JL;DR SUMMARY Leo Pearlman's guest essay highlights the disturbing trend within progressive politics: while violence is broadly condemned, antisemitic rhetoric and actions seem to be the exception. 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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ZionismIranJewish CommunitiesConspiracy TheoriesProgressive PoliticsViolenceJewish Self DeterminationIranian Regime

Places mentioned

Toronto, Ontario, Canada
"Synagogues in Toronto were targeted in shootings."
Detroit, Michigan, United States
"An attacker drove a truck into a synagogue and Jewish school in suburban Detroit."
New York, United States
"A nail bomb was thrown at a demonstration in New York."
Belgium
"A bomb attack struck a synagogue in Belgium."
United Kingdom
"Flags were burnt and chants calling for genocide rang out across British cities."
London, England, United Kingdom
"Demonstrations praising the regime have taken place in London, Manchester, and Birmingham."
Manchester, England, United Kingdom
"Demonstrations praising the regime have taken place in London, Manchester, and Birmingham."
Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
"Demonstrations praising the regime have taken place in London, Manchester, and Birmingham."
North West London, England, United Kingdom
"10 people were arrested in North West London in connection with an alleged Iranian plot targeting local Jewish communities."
Iran
"To pretend this is morally ambiguous is to abandon reality.This is not a complicated conflict between equal actors."
Israel
"This is not a complicated conflict between equal actors. It is a confrontation between a revolutionary theocracy that glorifies violence and the democratic nations attempting to contain it."

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