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The Jewish Bund

JL;DR SUMMARY Peter Beinart hosts a Zoom call with guests Molly Crabapple and Joshua D. Zimmerman to discuss the Jewish Bund's history and its enduring influence on modern debates surrounding Zionism, antisemitism, and socialism. 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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ZionismYeshiva UniversityEastern EuropeSocialism19th Century20th CenturyJewish BundMolly CrabappleJoshua D. Zimmerman

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New York City, New York, United States
"Molly Crabapple, author of the newly released, New York Times bestseller."
Poland
"author of Poles, Jews, and the Politics of Nationality: The Bund and the Polish Socialist Party in Late Tsarist Russia, 18921914."
Russian Federation
"author of Poles, Jews, and the Politics of Nationality: The Bund and the Polish Socialist Party in Late Tsarist Russia, 18921914."

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