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When Jews face violence, we're told to move to Israel. Does that really make us stronger?

JL;DR SUMMARY Eli Federman argues against the notion that Jews should move to Israel in response to growing antisemitism in the diaspora. 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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Jewish HistoryJewish EducationJewish IdentityZionismDiasporaMinority Rights

Places mentioned

Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"Tel Aviv, Israel on Oct. 13."
Jerusalem, Israel
"I studied at a rabbinical school in Jerusalem."
Kfar Chabad, Central District, Israel
"He and my grandmother, Leah, raised their children, including my mother, in the town of Kfar Chabad outside Tel Aviv."
United States
"But I was born in the United States, live in the United States, and will always claim it as home."
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
"After the recent Bondi Beach massacre in Sydney, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said that Jews in Western countries should immigrate to Israel."
Egypt
"Joseph sustains his family and feeds nations from inside Egypt, and Esther saves Jews inside Persia."
Iran
"Joseph sustains his family and feeds nations from inside Egypt, and Esther saves Jews inside Persia."

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