The “And What If You Don’t Will It?” Edition

JL;DR SUMMARY In this discussion, Don Futterman, Noah Efron, and Sandy Fox touch on three main topics: the possibility of true Jewish-Arab partnership on the Israeli Left, a group of Jewish-American figures advocating for moving away from Zionism, and the legacy of socialist, internationalist Yiddishists in Israel as their Tel Aviv headquarters closes. 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'.

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