JL;DR SUMMARY At Limmud in Birmingham, England, Allison, Noah, and Prof. Sara Hirschhorn delve into three significant topics: the exaggeration of reports on Israel's decline, the presence of Jewish terrorists with American passports in Israel, and the idea that Israelis today might be power-hungry due to historical powerlessness. 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'.