JL;DR SUMMARY Eric Buesing's essay explores the influence of foreign funding on American academic and educational institutions, particularly focusing on the negative perception of Israel and rising antisemitism in the U.S. Buesing argues that curriculum materials developed at esteemed universities, with significant financial contributions from Middle Eastern countries, subtly propagate narratives against Israel and Western civilization. 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'.