JL;DR SUMMARY Zeeva Bukai's debut novel, *The Anatomy of Exile*, explores the complexities of a Mizrahi Israeli family's immigration to America amidst the backdrop of intergenerational trauma and the tumultuous events of Israeli history, such as the Six-Day War and the Yom Kippur War. 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'.