JL;DR SUMMARY The article features three individuals in the Jewish community: Marco Troper, the 19-year-old son of tech executives who tragically passed away from a suspected drug overdose; Robert Badinter, a French Jew who successfully campaigned to abolish the death penalty in France, earning him the nickname Monsieur Abolition; and Bert Silver, a Washington D.C. Jewish leader who advocated for Soviet Jews and promoted interfaith activities. 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'.