JL;DR SUMMARY In an exploration of the 1967 Summer of Love, Sruli Fruchter reflects on the hippie movement's emphasis on personal freedom and liberation from societal norms, contrasting it with the disciplined life advocated by Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein. 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'.