JL;DR SUMMARY Professor Alon Tal, known for founding the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies and serving as the Chair of the Department of Public Policy at Tel Aviv University, sheds light on his book "The Land is Full: Addressing Overpopulation in Israel," challenging the notion of endless population growth in Israel. 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'.