The “Bettering & Battering Ourselves & Others” Edition

JL;DR SUMMARY Sally Abed, Noah Efron, and Tel Aviv Review host Gilad Halpern explore topics like government intervention through taxation to promote socially desirable behavior, the challenges of teaching themes like coexistence and decency, and a film depicting life in ultra-Orthodox Bnei Brak during the pandemic which challenges stereotypes. 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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