JL;DR SUMMARY The discussion covers three significant topics: unethical medical experiments on Yemeni Jewish babies in the 1950s, American Jewish activists engaging in political action in Israel leading to some tensions with Israeli Leftists, and a proposal suggesting the appointment of experts instead of politicians as cabinet ministers. 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'.