JL;DR SUMMARY Allison Kaplan Sommer, Don Futterman, and Noah Efron discuss the financial implications of new elections in Israel, the rise of Israeli Conservatism influenced by figures like Friedman, the intersection of social justice issues with different Jewish denominations, and a controversy at Tel Aviv University regarding the Sackler family's connection to Purdue Pharma. 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'.