JL;DR SUMMARY The Museum of the City of New York's exhibit "Songs of New York: 100 Years of Imagining the City Through Music" highlights the influential role of Jewish musicians in shaping the musical tapestry of New York from the 1920s to the present. 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'.