JL;DR SUMMARY Journalist Hadani Ditmars reflects on her visit to a Gaza solidarity encampment at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, encountering a mix of activists from various backgrounds, including an anti-Zionist Jew, a Palestinian man who came to Vancouver for medical treatment, and an Iraqi doctoral candidate with memories of war. 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'.