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The JFNA survey proves it: ‘Zionism’ today only impedes the conversations that Jews, Israelis and Palestinians need

JL;DR SUMMARY Rabbi Jill Jacobs discusses the divide in Jewish communities over Zionism and support for Israel, as revealed by a recent JFNA survey. 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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ZionismPalestinian RightsDialogueAnti ZionismOccupationJewish ActivismJewish FederationsJfna SurveyJewish Legacy Organizations

Places mentioned

Union Square, New York, United States
"One Sunday last year, as I stood at the weekly Israelis for Peace gathering in Union Square Park, a young couple stopped for a moment."
Jerusalem, Israel
"Many of us, myself included, had spent the previous year in Jerusalem, terrified to ride buses or eat in restaurants during the wave of suicide bombings that characterized the second intifada."
Washington, Washington DC, United States
"In the spring of 2002, when I was a fourth-year rabbinical student at the Jewish Theological Seminary, the major Jewish organizations announced a mass rally in support of Israel on the National Mall."

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