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This kids' book wiped Israel off the map. Now it's wiped off Indigo bookshelves

JL;DR SUMMARY The controversy surrounding a children's book titled "Amazing Women of the Middle East" which omitted the mention of Israel, labeling it as Palestine, led to its removal from Indigo bookshelves in Canada following public outcry. 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 IdentityPalestineCensorshipBook RemovalActivismChildren's LiteratureHistorical RevisionismIndigoDaniel Corrin

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