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When prayers are not enough

JL;DR SUMMARY In response to escalating tensions following Israeli strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities, some Jewish organizations have emphasized increased prayer rather than active engagement, drawing parallels to historical inaction during the Holocaust. 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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HolocaustJewish CommunityIranJewish LeadershipPrayerAdvocacyRafael MedoffCommunity ActionRabbinical Response

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Iran
"The morning after the first Israeli strikes on Irans nuclear facilities were reported,"
New York City, New York, United States
"the Conservative rabbinical seminary in New York City, were troubled by the communitys apathy."
Israel
"Yet Iranian missiles are wreaking havoc and have already murdered dozens of Israelis."
Michigan, United States
"The men subsisted on a monthly stipend of $5; the money they sent to the UJA was raised by a group of campers here who participated in two fasts for this purpose, they wrote."

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