JL;DR SUMMARY In a recent episode, Neri Zilber and Shanie Reichman discuss how Yom HaZikaron and Yom HaAtzmaut are impacted by the current state of U.S.-Israel relations, the Rafah operation within the Gaza conflict, Israel's lack of long-term strategy, dissent within the war cabinet, anti-Israel protests on campuses, and other related issues. 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'.