JL;DR SUMMARY In "The Blood, Sweat & Milk Edition," Times of Israel contributors Miriam Herschlag, Allison Kaplan Sommer, and Noah Efron explore various significant topics related to Israel, such as the status of Druze Israelis, the impact of a rise of a Sephardi Ultra-Orthodox figure in 1983 on Israeli history, and Israeli women's resistance to government intrusions. 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'.