JL;DR SUMMARY The article compares Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian graduate student, to Emma Goldman, a prominent anarchist figure from Jewish Russian origin, highlighting similarities in their legal struggles and public perceptions in the U.S. Khalil's recent high-profile arrest by the Trump administration mirrors the Palmer Raids of 1919-1920, where radicals, many of whom were Jewish immigrants, were deported under suspicions of foreign threats. 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'.