JL;DR SUMMARY Yitzchak Meyer Twersky, an IT specialist from Queens and an authority on the Twersky rabbinical dynasty, released a comprehensive book tracing the 300-year history of his renowned Hasidic family from 18th-century Ukraine to present-day prominent roles in various fields. 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'.