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Why Worshipping the Bund Is Bullshit

JL;DR SUMMARY Debbie Lechtman's article critiques the contemporary revival of Bundist ideology by some Jewish anti-Zionists and intellectuals. 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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HolocaustYiddishZionismJewish Labor BundAnti ZionismBundismJewish Combat OrganizationDoykeitHarrison ReportJewish Dps

Places mentioned

Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, Holy Cross, Poland
"In the bitter cold of February 1943, a group of 17 young Jewish partisans slipped out of the Ostrowiec witokrzyski Ghetto in south-central Poland, armed with just 12 overpriced revolvers, purchased clandestinely in the black market."
Kunów, Holy Cross, Poland
"At great risk to their lives, they marched their way to a forest bunker in the outskirts of Kunw, where they united with other partisans."
Warsaw, Mazovia, Poland
"most notably, Warsaw, though a significant portion of its base was drawn to the group not so much for their anti-Zionism but for their commitment to workers rights."
Austria
"braving Red Army checkpoints, the Austrian alps, and a DP camp in Italy for the slim shot that he might make a home in the Promised Land."
Italy
"braving Red Army checkpoints, the Austrian alps, and a DP camp in Italy for the slim shot that he might make a home in the Promised Land."
United Kingdom
"the august British magazine The Economist are promoting Bundism as a Jewish alternative to Zionism, and to its troublesome insistence on the Jewish need for a homeland to keep from being murdered en masse."

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