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What my non-Jewish friends taught me about the promise of Israel

JL;DR SUMMARY Brian M. Seymour reflects on the complexities of supporting Israel and pursuing justice, inspired by his recent travels with non-Jewish leaders to Israel. 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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Yad VashemJewish FederationJusticeAnti ZionismInterfaith DialogueAllyshipMarginalized GroupsPalm Beach County

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Israel
"Our promise of the Land of Israel is not unconditional. We must earn it."
Florida, United States
"Since October 7, I have had the unique privilege to join Palm Beach County leaders who are not Jewish on their first visits to Israel."
Yad Vashem, Jerusalem, Israel
"As we walked through Yad Vashem, several of us from the Jewish, Black and Hispanic communities discussed the parallels between the prejudice and fear-mongering that facilitated Hitlers rise to power and the hatred we see today: the intentional effort to create a misperception of the other, to scapegoat, to ignore and erase history."

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