JL;DR SUMMARY Natan Slifkin critiques Rabbi Uri Deutsch's comments from a recent Agudah convention, where Deutsch suggested that American Torah Jews shouldn't feel too upset about the current state of war in Israel, as life remains mostly normal for charedim 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'.