JL;DR SUMMARY Geoffrey Levin, an Assistant Professor at Emory University, discusses his book "Our Palestine Question: Israel and American Jewish Dissent, 1948-1978," shedding light on the lesser-known history of American Jewish criticism of Israel during its early years and how it was suppressed. 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'.