JL;DR SUMMARY Nadine Epstein reflects on a dinner gathering where historical documents, including the 1947 UN Partition Plan, were presented, prompting her to consider the complexities of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the enduring question of what it means to be pro-Israel today. 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'.