The “Nature of Politics” Edition

JL;DR SUMMARY Writer and activist Ohad Zeltzer-Zubida, journalist Naomi Zeveloff, and Noah Efron discuss various important topics in Israel, including the debate on whether places of religious and historical significance for Jews in the West Bank should be boycotted, a controversial plan to build desalination plants in Israel and the West Bank in exchange for electricity to promote peace, and the idea of inviting guests to a Sukkah. 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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