JL;DR SUMMARY In light of increasing legislation targeting transgender, nonbinary, and intersex people across the United States, over 1,000 Jewish spiritual leaders have signed a letter supporting the full equality of transgender individuals, propelled by organizations like Keshet and the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism. 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'.