JL;DR SUMMARY Dr. Danna Piroyansky's book "Ramle Remade: The Israelization of an Arab Town 1948-1967" explores the transformation of the Arab town of Ramle into a mixed city following the 1948 War of Independence, when Jewish immigrants populated the previously Arab Palestinian town. 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'.