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Was the D.C. Jewish museum shooting antisemitic?

JL;DR SUMMARY The tragic shooting at Washington D.C.'s Capital Jewish Museum, which resulted in the deaths of two young Israeli embassy staff members, has ignited a debate about whether the attack was fueled by antisemitism. 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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Israeli Palestinian ConflictJewish Council For Public AffairsFbi InvestigationRonald LauderJews For Racial And Economic JusticeArno RosenfeldIsraeli Embassy StaffD.C. Jewish MuseumNexus Leadership Project

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Washington, Washington DC, United States
"After two young Israeli embassy staffers were gunned down outside an event at the Jewish museum in Washington, D.C., by a suspect who later shouted free Palestine, the motive seemed clear to a broad swath of Jewish organizations: antisemitism."
Chicago, Illinois, United States
"Elias Rodriguez, identified by police as a 30-year-old man from Chicago, who appears to have inveighed against Israel and its supporters and defended armed action as a form of protest on social media and in a manifesto."
New York, United States
"New York group that has accused Israel of genocide, called it a senseless act of violence that had caused many Jews to be fearful of gathering in Jewish communal spaces."

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