JL;DR SUMMARY Letty Cottin Pogrebin, a prominent figure in social justice causes and feminism, reflects on the Israel-Hamas war in a recent essay in Moment Magazine where she discusses the idea that "The Political Is Personal," paralleling the 1970s feminist slogan "The Personal Is Political." 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'.