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The Dangerous Link Between Antisemitism and National Decline

JL;DR SUMMARY Nachum Kaplan's essay explores the dangerous correlation between rising antisemitism and national decline, focusing on the current situation in the UK, Canada, and Australia. 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 HistoryHolocaustAustraliaCanadaOttoman EmpirePolitical LeadershipUkNational DeclineCultural Sickness

Places mentioned

Australia
"A Holocaust survivors sign at a recent pro-Israel rally in Australia (photo: DJ Paine/Unsplash)."
United Kingdom
"This bodes poorly for the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia, where antisemitism has reached plague levels."
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
"Antisemitism in Canada has reached horrific levels. Montreals streets have become a dystopian hellscape."
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
"while Toronto police have even arrested a Jewish journalist covering a pro-Hamas rally."
Germany
"By contrast, the Ottoman Empire boomed with the influx of well-connected Jewish merchants and highly-skilled artisans and professionals."
Spain
"In 1492, King Ferdinand II and Queen Isabella I issued the Alhambra Decree expelling Jews in Spain who would not renounce their faith."
Turkey
"Cities such as Istanbul, Thessaloniki, and Smyrna became bustling trade centers, while Jews became advisors, physicians, and diplomats in the Ottoman court."
Campania, Italy
"The Kingdom of Naples likewise benefited greatly from Spains Jews arriving."
Israel
"Today, Israel is a prosperous, democratic state with a $500 billion economy and 11 to 14 times wealthier than its Arab neighbors, which mostly languished."

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