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Zionism was never a single concept. We should be grateful to JFNA’s survey for the reminder.

JL;DR SUMMARY A recent survey by the Jewish Federations of North America has revealed that while only about one-third of American Jews identify as Zionists, the vast majority still affirm 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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IdentityJewish Federations Of North AmericaZionismAmerican JewsTheodor HerzlPolitical DiscoursePluralismMartin BuberJewish Democracy

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United States
"Only about one-third of American Jews are Zionists, according to a recent survey conducted by the Jewish Federations of North America the first major survey of American Jews in a long time to ask explicitly about Zionist or non-Zionist identity."
Israel
"Yet the same survey finds that nearly nine in 10 American Jews believe Israel has the right to exist as a Jewish, democratic state."

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