The “Losing Our Humanities?” Edition

JL;DR SUMMARY Allison Kaplan Sommer, Don Futterman, and Noah Efron delve into significant topics such as protests over rising prices in Israel, questioning the judgement of ultra-Orthodox soldiers compared to others, and debating the cancellation of humanities matriculation exams starting next year in Israel. 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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