JL;DR SUMMARY Paul Mendes-Flohr's biography, "Martin Buber: A Life of Faith and Dissent," delves into the life of the Jewish philosopher Martin Buber, tracing his evolution from a cosmopolitan intellectual in the Habsburg empire to a prominent figure of political dissent in Israel. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski.