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These Modern Orthodox and observant Jews want to change their community’s conversation around the Gaza war

JL;DR SUMMARY Amid the ongoing Gaza conflict, a group of Modern Orthodox and observant Jews are seeking to broaden the discourse within their community by organizing a series of talks and discussions featuring diverse perspectives, including those sympathetic to Palestinians. 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 TraditionGazaPalestiniansModern OrthodoxDialogueConflictEthicsSmol EmuniCommunity Movement

Places mentioned

New York City, New York, United States
"Close to 30 Jews met recently at a private home on Manhattans Upper West Side, sitting on borrowed folding chairs to hear Karin Loevy, an Israeli legal scholar at New York University."
Gaza, Palestinian Territories
"She spoke about President Trumps absurd and immoral idea of emptying Gaza of its beleaguered residents and turning it into what he called the Riviera of the Middle East."
Jerusalem, Israel
"She recalled attending a secular public school in Jerusalem where racist slurs including death to the Arabs were heard regularly."
Teaneck, New Jersey, United States
"Meylekh Viswanath, 70, a finance professor at Pace University who belongs to a Modern Orthodox synagogue in Teaneck, New Jersey and attended the Loevy talk."
Ramallah, Ramallah and al-Bireh, Palestinian Territories
"She was struck by Hasss perspective as a reporter who has lived in Gaza and Ramallah and who is also the daughter of Holocaust survivors."
Riverdale, New York, United States
"Among those attending the Hass talk was Karen Abrams Gerber, 56, an organizational consultant and leadership coach from Riverdale, New York."
Haifa, Haifa District, Israel
"Amira Hass, who covers Gaza and the West Bank, where she lives, for the Israeli daily Haaretz."
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"Esther Sperber, right, introduces Hassan Jabarin, the founder of Adalah, The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, at a meeting of Smol Emuni on the Upper West Side, Jan. 9. 2025."

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