JL;DR SUMMARY The article highlights the life stories of several influential Jewish individuals: Tamar Fishman, a Judaica artist known for her papercut designs, including a Hanukkah stamp; Seth Bloom, a circus clown who used his skills for humanitarian missions; Seth Wolitz, a Yiddish scholar and promoter of Jewish studies in Texas; Shai Doron, a Jerusalem philanthropist and zoo leader; Ira Grupper, a civil rights activist and advocate for Mideast peace; ilvinas Beliauskas, a Lithuanian librarian preserving Jewish history; and Walter Arlen, a Jewish composer who grappled with his refugee past through music. 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'.