JL;DR SUMMARY In the wake of the October 7 Hamas attacks, a committed group of advocates, spearheaded by Israeli couple Matan Sivek and Bar Ben-Yaakov, is working tirelessly in Washington, D.C., to maintain awareness about the Israeli hostages still held by Hamas. 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'.