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Survey: Most NYC council candidates would continue tradition of Israel trips

JL;DR SUMMARY A Forward survey of 66 NYC Council candidates across districts with significant Jewish communities reveals that a majority support Israel, oppose the BDS movement, and believe public schools inadequately teach about the Holocaust. 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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Bds MovementJewish EducationJewish CommunitiesHolocaust EducationNew York Jewish AgendaRanked Choice VotingHaredi YeshivasNyc Council

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Israel
"would travel to Israel and the occupied West Bank if elected"
New York City, New York, United States
"66 candidates across 35 districts who filled out the 16-question survey conducted in partnership with New York Jewish Agenda"

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