JL;DR SUMMARY In the winter 2021 issue of Jewish Action, there is a continuation of the discussion around two key issues highlighted in the 2020 Pew study of American Jews: the high dropout rate within the Orthodox community and the fast assimilation of the non-Orthodox. 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'.