JL;DR SUMMARY This summer's top Jewish reads include "The Safekeep" by Yael van der Wouden, a poignant story set in postwar rural Dutch village; "Rabbits" by Hugo Rikfind, a gripping coming-of-age novel set in a Scottish boarding school; "The Paris Muse" by Louisa Treger, a fictionalized tale of Dora Maar, Picasso's lover in 1930s Paris; "Theres Nothing Wrong With Her" by Kate Weinberg, a darkly funny narrative of a woman battling illness in London; "Six Lives" by Lavie Tidhar, a diverse novel spanning 150 years in various locations; and "Behind Every Good Man" by Sara Goodman Confino, a Sixties love story with a political twist. 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'.