JL;DR SUMMARY In this episode of The Promised Podcast, Allison, Noah, and Don explore the themes of sorrow, loss, and politics in Israeli discourse regarding bereaved families, reflect on Israel's 69 years of independence through a historical lens imagining perspectives of immigrants from 1948, and consider who would best represent the nation by lighting the torches on Independence Day. 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'.