JL;DR SUMMARY In this discussion led by Times of Israel Ops & Blogs Editor Miriam Herschlag, Don Futterman, and Noah Efron, the topics covered include the Israeli government's nine-stage plan to exit the Covid lockdown, concerns about a perceived decline in civility among Israelis, a controversial ad equating animal abuse with Treblinka, and the debate over whether Jewish actress Gal Gadot should be allowed to play Cleopatra in a film. 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'.