JL;DR SUMMARY Barzakh Café in Brooklyn, owned by Mauritanian dissident El Atigh Abba, is a unique space blending cultural and political dialogues, particularly for liberal Jews with Mizrahi roots who find an uncommon mix of Mizrahi traditions and pro-Palestinian values there. 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'.