Shalom, Kavarim, Banot, and welcome to another very special episode of the world's number one Jewish podcast.

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We're all familiar with the narrative by now. A young Jew, typically between 18 and 35 years

of age, often a day school or Jewish summer camp grad, announces themselves as a member

of the anti-Israel crowd via social media posts or through

conversations with family or friends. Perhaps they don't even fully announce it, cognizant of the backlash

they'll receive from their childhood communities. More often than not, these are not the people

wearing masks and kaffirs and harassing Jews on the streets. More often than not, they strongly identify as Jewish,

but without any connection to Israel, which sounds like a contradiction to us, but isn't to them.

Usually, this specific kind of anti-Israel Jew is of Ashkenazi descent. They are at least

second generation American, usually third or more.

They were raised conservative or reform and are not particularly observant now.

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