JL;DR SUMMARY Marking the anniversary of the UN's Partition Plan for Palestine, Natan Slifkin explores the divergent Jewish and Arab reactions to the proposal that allocated more territory to Jews, largely consisting of deserts and swamps, as anticipation for European refugees was high. 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'.