JL;DR SUMMARY Since the October 2023 Israel-Hamas war, Jewish families in the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) are concerned about the safety of their children due to anti-Israel and anti-Zionist statements from the Oakland Educators Association (OEA) teachers union. 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'.