JL;DR SUMMARY Allison Kaplan Sommer, Noah Efron, and Don Futterman discuss significant developments in Israeli politics: the split of the modern-Orthodox Jewish Home party to form The New Right, the emergence of a new centrist party led by generals gaining popularity in polls, and the dismissal of Tzippi Livni by Avi Gabbay from Israels labor party, prompting reflection on the state of the left. 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'.