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Why I Let Anti-Israel Protesters Interrupt My Talk

JL;DR SUMMARY Haviv Rettig Gur shares his experience at Haverford College, where anti-Israel protesters interrupted his talk meant to highlight the Jewish history that shapes Israeli identity. 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 HistoryProtestIsraeli IdentityDisplacementAmerican CampusesAnti Israel ProtestsCultural GapsPolitical DifferencesHaverford CollegeJewish Student Events

Places mentioned

Haverford, Pennsylvania, United States
"At the start of the event at Haverford College, over a dozen masked people wearing keffiyehs entered the lecture hall."
Israel
"I wanted to speak about the Jewish history that forged Israeli identity."
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