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The Painful Tragedy of Jews Who Reject Zionism

JL;DR SUMMARY Samuel J. Hyde explores the complex and historically rooted phenomenon of Jewish anti-Zionism, distinguishing it from modern movements against Zionism. 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 IdentityZionismTheologyUniversalismEnlightenmentSovereigntyReligious ThoughtJewish Anti ZionismHuman Progress

Places mentioned

Jerusalem, Israel
"German Reform Jews, who believed Berlin was their Jerusalem and learned instead that they were strangers in the heart of the fatherland."
Berlin, Germany
"German Reform Jews, who believed Berlin was their Jerusalem and learned instead that they were strangers in the heart of the fatherland."
Israel
"The State of Israel is not a prophecy or a symbol; it is a country."
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"To deny such a state because the messiah has not come is to deny the world as it is. It is to declare that reality itself has erred."

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