JL;DR SUMMARY Allison, Noah, and Times of Israel's Ops & Blogs Editor Miriam Herschlag discuss key topics in Israel, including the controversy around Habima, Israel's national theater company, performing in settlements like Kiryat Arba, regulations on Israeli NGOs' spending in election campaigns, and the advertising techniques targeting the ultra-orthodox community in Israel. 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'.