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Why do so many Jews support Israel — but reject ‘Zionism’?

JL;DR SUMMARY Dan Perry explores the complex relationship many American Jews have with Zionism, as revealed by a survey indicating only a third consider themselves Zionists despite the near-universal support for Israel's right to exist as a democratic Jewish state. 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 IdentityZionismNetanyahuAmerican JewsJewish Self DeterminationLiberalismOccupationPolitical Change

Places mentioned

Israel
"While just one-third of American Jews call themselves Zionists, almost 90% say they believe in Israels right to exist as a democratic Jewish state."
New York City, New York, United States
"Bystanders cheer the 2023 Celebrate Israel Parade in New York City."
Romania
"If Romania could be a Romanian country, the thinking went, Israel could be a Jewish one."
Jerusalem, Israel
"and the former chairman of the Foreign Press Association in Jerusalem."
Poland
"The arguments around Zionism were not uniquely Jewish. They echoed similar ideas advanced about Poles, Greeks and Czechs."
Greece
"The arguments around Zionism were not uniquely Jewish. They echoed similar ideas advanced about Poles, Greeks and Czechs."
Czechia
"The arguments around Zionism were not uniquely Jewish. They echoed similar ideas advanced about Poles, Greeks and Czechs."

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