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'.