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The Need for a Jewish Sovereign Wealth Fund

JL;DR SUMMARY Facing a shift in the American Jewish experience, the concept of establishing a Jewish Sovereign Wealth Fund is being proposed amid the backdrop of declining institutional trust and rising anti-establishment sentiment. 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 HistoryJewish CommunityAmerican JewryPolitical ChangeShtadlanutInstitutional TrustEconomic StabilitySovereign Wealth FundIntercessionCommunal Autonomy

Places mentioned

Washington DC, United States
"Jewish groups in Washington today continue to do a great deal of the shtadlans work."
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
"As we built a glittering tower of Jewish institutions, we failed to see that the edifice underpinning that towerAmericas own institutionswas crumbling."
Cairo, New York, United States
"A sweep of Jewish history finds shtadlanim and their antecedents in many guises across many eras, from ancient Babylonia to the British Empire."
New York, United States
"became identified with the United States institutional authority and its core characteristicsamong them, meritocracy, expertise, and prosperityat precisely the moment when that authority is fading."
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
"Bohdan Khmelnytsky launched the Cossack revolt, shattering the ruling structure."

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