JL;DR SUMMARY Professor Rebeca Raijman of the University of Haifa speaks with host Gilad Halpern about her book "South African Jews in Israel: Assimilation in Multigenerational Perspective" in which she explores the unique features of the large Jewish community in South Africa and their migration to Israel. 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'.