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Tough Love: A Boy Told My 7-Year-Old He Doesn’t Like Jews

JL;DR SUMMARY An incident at a Jewish family's local public school raises concerns about latent antisemitism when a little boy tells a Jewish girl he doesn’t like Jewish people. 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 IdentityEducationParentingCultural SensitivitySocial InteractionsParental GuidanceSchool CommunityChildhood BiasFriendship Dynamics

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United States
"This week, my daughter reported to us, while giggling uncomfortably, that one of the little boys in her friend group told her he doesnt like Jewish people."
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