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The Dardik Family: A Child Moves Away From Zionism [Divergence 3/5]

JL;DR SUMMARY The Dardik family's story explores themes of ideological and familial divergence as Aharon Akiva Dardik, growing up in a Zionist family, becomes an activist for a ceasefire in Gaza while maintaining familial bonds. 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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Israeli Palestinian ConflictJewish EducationZionismNonviolent CommunicationFamilial BondsIntergenerational DivergenceFamily UnityJudah DardikAharon Akiva DardikMilitary Conscientious Objection

Places mentioned

Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"I remember congregants, friends of ours, who said, we're going to Israel. What can we get you? What can we bring back?"
Tel Aviv District, Israel
"What can we bring back? He said, do me a favor. My wife's praying. Could you bring me back a bottle of May Eden?"
Columbia, New York, United States
"Arnekeva, as I overheard him being affectionately called Double A Dardoch, Aaron Akiva Dardoch, who is a student, I believe, now in Columbia."
New York City, New York, United States
"There are a few ways I can think of that I think we're closer than we ever were and a bunch that we're not."
Oakland, California, United States
"One of my favorite bumper stickers from when we lived in Oakland is don't believe everything you think."
Haifa District, Israel
"Mom, do you remember the first explicit conversation you had with Aharon about this? I mean, I think you were probably in military jail at that point."
Jerusalem, Israel
"I think my first understanding was when there was the moment when you were in the Air Force, when you were asked to load munitions onto a plane."
California, United States
"So you're a student at an American college. You know you're going to go to the University of California in the south, and it was okay."
Southern District, Israel
"If we could avoid that and just say, you know, as people say, so how's it going for Arne Keefe in the army? I'd say, you know, it's not really working out so great."

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