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Should New York Remove Statues Of Its Anti-Semitic Governor?

JL;DR SUMMARY An Israeli nonprofit, Shurat HaDin, has called for the removal of memorials to former New York Governor Peter Stuyvesant due to his anti-Semitic views and discriminatory actions towards Jews, Catholics, and other minorities. 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 CommunityNew YorkRacismShurat HadinStatuesMemorialsPeter StuyvesantAsser LevyConfederate

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