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We Jews know what hate looks like. So why is it so hard to name when it comes for us?

JL;DR SUMMARY Iola Kostrzewski's powerful piece highlights how the Jewish community often struggles to clearly label antisemitic acts, contrasting the more straightforward identification of racism in other contexts. 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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IdentityJewish CommunityZionismHate CrimesTraumaRacismCivil RightsSolidarityMoral Clarity

Places mentioned

Washington, D.C., Washington DC, United States
"In Washington, D.C., two people who attended a Jewish event, working for peace, were executed outside a Jewish building."
Boulder, Colorado, United States
"I began receiving messages from friends in Boulder: Molotov cocktails were thrown at people standing in peaceful protest rallying for the return of hostages in Gaza."
Buffalo, New York, United States
"When Black people are murdered in Buffalo while grocery shopping, we do not sit in circles wondering whether we can really call it racism."
Palestinian Territories
"people standing in peaceful protest rallying for the return of hostages in Gaza."

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