JL;DR SUMMARY Brad Lander, Jewish City Comptroller of New York, controversially cross-endorsed Zohran Mamdani, an act that spurred critical discourse on what principled Jewish political involvement could resemble in the U.S. Their partnership, despite differences on issues like Israel, reflects broader themes of political unity and disagreement within Jewish communities. 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'.