The “Don’t Know Much About History” Edition

JL;DR SUMMARY Don Futterman, Allison Kaplan Sommer, and Noah Efron delve into three significant topics in Jewish history and current events, including the controversy surrounding a joint declaration by the Prime Ministers of Israel and Poland on WWII, the debate over religious individuals moving into a struggling Tel Aviv neighborhood to enhance Jewish identity, and the role of sports in a Jewish state. 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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