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Yitzhak Rabin was killed 30 years ago this week. Has the Jewish world forgotten?

JL;DR SUMMARY The assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, which occurred 30 years ago, is fading into historical memory for many, especially those born after the 1980s. 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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Oslo AccordsYitzhak RabinJewish IdentityPeace ProcessIsraeli PoliticsAssassinationCultural PreservationPolitical TensionArtistic ExpressionHistorical Memory

Places mentioned

Jerusalem, Israel
"Paller, who has lived in Jerusalem since 1986, recalls being at his office the night Rabin was killed just five days after his first daughter was born."
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"Sella, who splits his time between Tel Aviv and Boston where he is a research fellow at Harvards Kennedy School, was just 10 years old when Rabin was killed."
Washington, Washington DC, United States
"It and a new musical play being staged in Washington, D.C., November 4, use different media to convey a similar, pressing idea."
New York, United States
", writing that trauma needs poetry. Kurtzer will be one of the speakers at a Rabin memorial event and book launch of Class of 95 at Temple Emanu-El in New York on Tuesday."
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
"Sella, who splits his time between Tel Aviv and Boston where he is a research fellow at Harvards Kennedy School, was just 10 years old when Rabin was killed."

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