The “The Distance from You to Me” Edition

JL;DR SUMMARY Allison Kaplan Sommer, Don Futterman, and Noah Efron cover three main topics in their discussion: the potential leadership of Israel's religious right by a secular feminist woman, the challenges facing the southern resort city of Eilat, and the issue of racism in Israeli society, particularly in light of recent events involving Ethiopian individuals. 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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