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This is what our grandparents warned us about.

JL;DR SUMMARY Hana Raviyt Schank writes a poignant guest essay reflecting on the rise of antisemitism among Western Jews, especially in the aftermath of the October 7 conflict between Israel and Hamas. 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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HamasBrooklynSocial MediaJewish TraumaGenerational TraumaIsrael ConflictLived ExperienceHana Raviyt SchankOrganizational Responses

Places mentioned

Lithuania
"A reconstruction of a traditional Jewish shtetl as it would have appeared in Lithuania (photo: Morn van Rooyen/Wikipedia)"
Brooklyn, New York, United States
"Boston Cousin and I mulled what Sigmund Freud would think.Then, the Washington, D.C. Jews called. Jewish women and parents were rare at my D.C. jobs. (Wondering who runs the United States? Visit D.C. and find out! Spoiler alert: not the Jews.)When we encountered each other, we performed a sort of Jewish mating dance, mentioning that we would be out for dates that were weird to everyone else in the room; dropping code words like New Jersey, New York University, and putz; or a mention of a kids Bar Mitzvah here, a lack of Christmas plans there."
New York City, New York, United States
"My phone exploded with Jews who were very extremely upset about statements, or the lack thereof."
Washington DC, United States
"Boston Cousin and I mulled what Sigmund Freud would think.Then, the Washington, D.C. Jews called."
Dagestan, Russian Federation
"Earlier, a video of a Russian mob of storming the airport in search of Jews flew around social media."
Staten Island, New York, United States
"Gabriel is an Orthodox Russian Jew who opened a salon in Park Slope because he heard that is where the rich Jews live. He lives in an Orthodox community on Staten Island."
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
"Boston Cousin and I mulled what Sigmund Freud would think."

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