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When advocacy works — and what it teaches us about Jewish responsibility

JL;DR SUMMARY Warren H. Cohn discusses the successful advocacy campaign he led against the Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention's appropriation of the term genocide to describe Israeli actions. 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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GenocideAdvocacyJewish ValuesPublic RelationsMediaRaphael LemkinMoral ClarityLanguageJewish Responsibility

Places mentioned

Pennsylvania, United States
"We simply sent a letter to the governor and attorney general of Pennsylvania, asking for a review and a reconsideration of how the Lemkin name is being used."
Israel
"describe the worlds only Jewish state, it doesnt just distort history."

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