JL;DR SUMMARY In a recent podcast episode, Allison Kaplan Sommer, Noah Efron, and Don Futterman discuss Benny Gantz's rise in Israeli politics despite his elusive opinions, the topic of mixed marriages in Israel exemplified by a Muslim anchorwoman marrying a Jewish actor, and the debate around transforming Jerusalem into a hub for the creative class. 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'.