JL;DR SUMMARY In this discussion, Allison, Don, and Noah touch on three main topics: Prime Minister Netanyahu's recent visits to African countries as part of a "periphery strategy" amid strained relations with Europe and the US, a government committee's recommendations to address discrimination against Sephardi/Mizrahi Jewish heritage in Israel's education system, and the commercialization of sleep-away camps in Israel by Proctor & Gamble, including the installation of air-conditioned bathrooms playing tampon ads. 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'.