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What does it mean to be 'Jew-ish'? How the term went from warm inside joke to national flashpoint

JL;DR SUMMARY The term "Jew-ish" has been in the spotlight recently, with public figures like George Santos and Kanye West using it to claim an identity that they aren't actually a part of. 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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