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There’s Nothing Offensive About Invoking the Holocaust to Defend Human Rights

JL;DR SUMMARY Ken Silverman's article discusses the controversy surrounding comparisons of current events to the Holocaust, a debate sparked by Minnesota Governor Tim Walz's analogy of undocumented children's experiences to those depicted in Anne Frank's diary. 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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HolocaustJewish LeadershipAdlHuman RightsMinnesotaMoshe YaalonComparisonsWalz

Places mentioned

Palestinian Territories
"A list of ways to help Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank."
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
"including by co-convening a recent gathering of over 650 clergy in the city."
Minnesota, United States
"Minnesota Governor Tim Walzs comparison of undocumented children in Minnesota"
Lexington, Virginia, United States
"On February 3, Ill be speaking at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia."
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
"On February 12, Ill speaking at the Conference on the Jewish Left at Boston University."
Asheville, North Carolina, United States
"On March 9, Ill be speaking to Carolina Jews for Justice in Asheville, North Carolina."
New York, United States
"On March 8, Smol Emuni (the Religious Left) will hold a conference in New York."
Washington, United States
"the Holocaust Museum in Washington"
Israel
"things to the Nazis is involved in a process of mass extermination. The Nazis did many, many things in addition to the mass extermination of Jews, and Roma,"

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