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Zionism as a Method of Diversity

JL;DR SUMMARY Israeli President Isaac Herzog reflects on the complex and evolving nature of Israeli society, underscoring the country's dynamic diversity as both a challenge and a source of strength. 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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Israeli SocietyJewish IdentityZionismDiversityIsaac HerzogSettlementsArab Israeli RelationsCultural UnityDiaspora RelationsSocial Evolution

Places mentioned

Eshhar, Northern District, Israel
"Yitzhar had settled with his own family in the northern community of Eshhar, a mixed religious and secular community in the Galilee where life is largely shared with the neighboring Bedouin Arab village of Arab al-Naim."
Southern District, Israel
"I arrive in the classroom and encounter a group of smiling kids and their melamed (teacher), with all of the external trappings that set them apartthe long peyes, the big kippahs. One boy stands up, with all of the gestures and gesticulations that in that world typically animate both Torah study and everyday speech. He explains how they pray every day for the hostages. And he adds: but also for the soldiers out there fighting for us."
Jish, Northern District, Israel
"Scene two: I am visiting Jish, a predominantly Christian Arab locality in the Upper Galilee."
Ofra, Jerusalem, Israel
"I know that his parents were among the founders of Ofra, a Jewish settlement in Judea and Samaria."
Kibbutz Beeri, Southern District, Israel
"This was the man who, a few weeks later, had apologized to the people of Kibbutz Beeri for having failed to save more of their community."
Beit Shemesh, Jerusalem, Israel
"I am going to the heart of the Haredi world to visit an independent school in an ultra-Orthodox enclave of Beit Shemesh, itself a mixed city."
Gaza, Northern District, Israel
"Todays heartbreaking story is of Yitzhar Hofman, who has just been killed in northern Gaza."

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